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Social Work Research Post Test - Coggle Diagram
Social Work Research Post Test
Ethics is one of the most important concerns of Social Workers as they consider research
The Code of Ethics requires Social Workers to keep current with critically appraised practice and include evidence based knowledge.
The Scientific method
Question any belief no matter how cherished it may be
Search for evidence based on observation as the basis for knowledge.
Empirical- valuing of observation based evidence
The scientific method seek the truth through observed evidence
T. R.O.U.T
Tentative- everything we think we know
Replication- even the best studies are open to question and need to be replicated
Observation- knowledge is grounded in orderly and comprehensive observations
Unbiased- Observations should be unbiased
Transparent- all procedural details are openly specified for review and evaluation and to show the basis of conclusions that were researched.
Evidence Based practice-
Steps for evidence based practice
Formulate a question to answer practice needs
What factors best predicts desirable or undesirable consequences
Whats it like to have had my clients experiences
What assessment tool should be used
CIAO
Clients- clients characteristics
Intervetion being considered
Alternative intervention (if any)
Outcome
Critical Thinking
Epistimology- Philosophy of how we know what we know
Positivism- there is reality and reality is knowable
Phases of research
Problem formulation
Designing the study
Collect the data
Process the data
interpret the findings
analyze the data
write it up
exploration study
Descriptive study
Explanation study
Evaluating
Quantitative Research methods
Qualitative research methods
Mixed methods
Paradigms
Queer Theory Paradigm
Feminist paradigm
Surveys, Sampling, Causation, Quantitative design
Single Subject designs, Nature of baselines, Increasing, Decreasing, Flat, Cyclical, Unstable
Statistics
Internal validity, history, maturation, statistical regression, ambiguity, attrition, placebo effects
Critical Theory, Constructivism, Ethnography, Moral Activism, Cultural Studies, Participatory Action, Grounded Theory, Phenomiology
Pre experiments
Quasi-experiments, True experiments, coding, descriptive statistics, Statistical analysis
Importance of Abstracts
Importance of Lit Reviews and Progress Reports