SOWK 810 RESEARCH PRACTICUM I
This is the first semester of a two semester course. The primary goals of this course are: to prepare students for dissertations and other original research projects; and to provide students with an opportunity to collect, manage, analyze, and interpret data. Students are expected to work together as a research team to carry out all the steps of a research project. Students are expected to use what they learn in this class to help them in the design of future studies; however, the product(s) of this class are not to be used for their dissertation.
This course is primarily conducted in a workshop format, which combines some discussion of conceptual issues relating to research with in-class activities relating to the research project. The actual research project varies from year to year and is based on the interest of the class. The research project must include primary data collection, rather than simply being a secondary data analysis of an existing data set. For example, the project could involve a mail, phone, Internet, or in-person survey; a record abstraction of administrative data; an observational study; or a study in which one codes behavior.
Prerequisites: SOWK 804 and SOWK 805
Offered
202002