Introduction to Social Work Research

11/25/97


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Table of Contents

Introduction to Social Work Research

Housekeeping

Approach to Teaching

Ethical Behavior in Class and Expectation

Topics to Be Covered

Meaning of Research

Meaning of Research (Continued)

Meaning of Research (Continued)

Why Study Research

Why Study Research

Distinction Between Basic and Applied Research

Goals of Research in the Human Services

Sources of Knowledge

Traditional knowledge

Common sense

Authority

Experiential knowledge

Intuition Or The a Priori Method

Logic/Rationalism

Science

Characteristics of The Scientific Method

Empirical

Systematic

Replication

Search For Causes

Provisional

Objective

Deductive and Inductive Logic

The Wheel of Science

Last Slide

Author: Dr. Osei Darkwa

Email: darkwa@uic.edu

Home Page: http://www.uic.edu/~darkwa

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