SW 7706: Introduction to Social Work Research

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the MSW program
This course focuses on understanding, critically analyzing, and interpreting research findings in order to be effective consumers and users of social work research. The course focuses on a broad range of research methods and study designs; problem formulation and conceptualization; ways to assess and improve the validity and reliability of data and measures; data analysis; and the ethics of scientific inquiry.