SWM5190 - Social work research - 2017

Topics include the purpose of research and its place in social work; research ethics including intellectual property issues; research designs including qualitative, quantitative, exploratory and experimental methods; developing research questions and hypotheses; sampling and data analysis including statistical analysis and writing research reports.

Upon successful completion of this unit, students should have developed an understanding of:

1. ethical issues relating to research with humans;
2. issues relating to the place and role of different types of research in Social Work;
3. the principles underlying qualitative and quantitative research;
4. research design, research questions and data collection methods;
5. a range of statistical techniques and when it is appropriate to use them.

   Students are also required to demonstrate their ability to develop a research proposal.

One or two assignments totalling 9,000 words including a research proposal (100%)

Professor Margaret Alston

Social work

http://www.med.monash.edu.au/socialwork/