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Research in Social Work (Procedure for Selecting Stats (Identify the…
Research in Social Work
Phases of Research Process
Formulate Problem 2. Design Study 3. Collect Data 4. Process Data 5. Analyze Data 6. Interpret Findings 7. Share results
Formulating a Good Question
Is it? Narrow and Specific, feasible, answerable through observable evidence, relevant, significant to the field
Kinds of Studies
Exploratory
early study, exploration of the topic, gather a lot of data to begin to understand the topic
Descriptive
more specifics, can follow exploratory study, after we explore we want to understand in greater depth
Explanatory
explaining the "why"
Evaluation
SW's use this the most, relies on experiments
Constructing Measurements
How it can be measured, ask questions and measure severity
NOIR Variables
Nominal
named
Ordinal
ranked
Intervals
scale
Ratio
has a true 0
Abstracts in Research Papers
ALWAYS WRITTEN LAST
most important paragraph in the essay; it will influence a reader deciding to read the essay or not
needs to be a good summary, accurate, concise, readable and nonevaluative
Structure: objective: methods: results: conclusions:
Questionairres
Systematic error: social desirability bias
Random error: jargon; cumbersome and complex. An example would be the MMPI
Consider the reliability and validity
Sampling (Types)
Random Sampling
Systematic Random Samping
Stratified Sampling
Cluster Sampling
Non Probability Sampling
quota sampling
deviant case sampling
snowball sampling
intensity sampling
theoretical sampling
purposive sampling
Causation
does not equal correlation!
External Validity: Ability to generalize your findings
Internal Validity: Confidence that IV caused change to DV
Single Subject Design
The goal is to test intervention without a control group, focusing on a single person or family
Best way: Start with Baseline, add intervention, and end with baseline.
DV needs to be well defined and something that ideally can be measured daily
Procedure for Selecting Stats
What questions do I want to address?
Find the scales and variables that will give me the answer
Identify the nature of the variables
IV or DV? What are they and how many of each?
Draw diagrams for the questions
comparative/relationships
Parametric or non-parametric?
non: not normal, parametric: normal distribution
Choose your test
Kinds of Analysis
Emic: I'm apart of a group, but the group doesn't know I'm researching
Etic: remain objective, approach situation as an outsider/researcher
Qualitative Research
Steps: Pick paradigm and Theory and then could use any of the following: case study, life history, interviews, focus groups, observations
Examples of theories: Erickson, Life Course, Cognitive, Labeling, Behaviorism, Frued etc etc
Examples of paradigms: Feminist, Critical theory, moral activism, queer theory, grounded theory, phenomenology, cultural studies, ethnography etc etc
method of gathering data through subjective observations rather than numbers
Quantitative Research
Objective observations, reliability on numbers, controlled manipulation
Secondary Data
Data I didn't personally collect
Latent: what is meant, the context , emotions and motivation behind data
Manifest: what was said, objective, categories
Be Aware** Secondary data can leave out context which is important to qualitative data.
Type of qualitative data.