Sandbox Research Basics for Social Work Practice (507)
Self-paced
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Full course description
In this course, you will begin to understand social work research through the critical examination of the methods and organization of the ever-expanding professional literature associated with social work practice.
This body of research is an essential source of knowledge to help you understand and solve complex social problems. However, utilizing this research effectively requires proper contextualization. In this course, you’ll learn to become an effective consumer of this professional literature by using the tools necessary to find and comprehend what the research does and, importantly, does not tell us.
What you will learn
- How to implementation of quantitative and qualitative research methods
- Search procedures to effectively find existing research
- The application of research to practice