SW652 2nd year Doc Stats Course EVIDENCE: 1. Practice 1. Univariate analysis 2. Practice 2. Correlation analysis 3. Practice 3.

. Grouping analysis 4. Practice 4. Regression analysis 5. SW652 Resource Guide Weekly entries made by the student with the goal of building a course glossary. 6. Critical Reviews For each article you selected, identify the research question, the hypothesis, the variables the author used, how they were operationalized and measured, the analytic plan and the rationale, your critical analysis of each of these, and what this tells you about how you want to conduct your research in this area. (Create your own rubric or use the ones I give you) 7. Four cumulative student reflections about the development of student identity and voice as scholar-practitioner 8. Class participation Overall Understanding The purpose of a study determines the statistical analysis plan Learning Goals 1. Create research questions and testable hypotheses congruent with their identified area of study and interest. 2. Identify and operationalize variables of interest relative to their research question and hypotheses. 1. Create research questions and testable hypotheses congruent with their identified area of study and interest. 2. Identify and operationalize variables of interest relative to their research question and hypotheses. 3. Screen, clean, and prepare data for analysis. 4. Execute statistical tests covered in this course using SPSS, extract the relevant information from SPSS output, interpret the relevant information and present the findings verbally and graphically 1. Critically summarize and present some of the gaps in design, methods, and measurement relative to their area of study and hypotheses of interest. 2. Test assumptions across bivariate and multivariate analyses 3. Screen, clean, and prepare data for analysis. Content & Evidence Class 1 and 2 Direct evidence: Practice 1,2,3, and 4, critical reviews Indirect evidence: SW652 Resource Guide Classes 3, 6, 9, 12 Direct evidence: Practice 1, 2, 3, and 4, critical reviews, SW652 Resource Guide, Quizzes Indirect evidence: Student reflections

Research data are organized and manipulated in matrix format and the way that data are measured determines what type of question can be asked

The shape, dispersion (spread), center, and randomness associated with the data form the basis for many assumptions underlying multivariate analyses and inform how we describe data and infer

Class 1 and 2 Direct evidence: Practice 1, 2, 3, and 4, critical reviews, SW652 Resource Guide, Quizzes Indirect evidence: Class

from it. The assumptions underlying multivariate analyses influence the strength, reliability, and validity of the findings 1. Critically summarize and present some of the gaps in design, methods, and measurement relative to their area of study and hypotheses of interest. 2. Test assumptions across bivariate and multivariate analyses 3. Screen, clean, and prepare data for analysis. 1. Critically summarize and present some of the gaps in design, methods, and measurement relative to their area of study and hypotheses of interest. 1. Critically summarize and present some of the gaps in design, methods, and measurement relative to their area of study and hypotheses of interest.

participation, email questions Class 4 and 5 Direct evidence: Practice 1, 2, 3, and 4, critical reviews, SW652 Resource Guide, Quizzes Indirect evidence: Class participation, email questions Class 2 Direct evidence: Critical reviews Indirect evidence: SW652 Resource Guide, class participation, and email questions Class 2 Direct evidence: Critical reviews Indirect evidence: SW652 Resource Guide, class participation, and email questions Class 7, 8, 10, 11, 13 Direct evidence: Practice 1, 2, 3, and 4, critical reviews, and student reflections Indirect evidence: Class participation All classes Direct evidence: Practice 1, 2, 3, and 4, critical reviews, and student reflections Indirect evidence: Class participation, and email questions

Statistical power, the probability that a significant effect will be observed when it occurs determines how strong the results of a study are Statistical power, sample size, alpha levels (significance levels), and the effect size (how strong is the treatment given the variability in measurement) are mutually dependent; knowing any variation of three of the concepts allows you to determine the fourth. Statistical software programs only compute statistical tests, users must interpret the outcomes and examine the quality of the evidence

Research in social work is a practice endeavor and must therefore be guided by standards of ethics.

1. Create research questions and testable hypotheses congruent with their identified area of study and interest. 2. Identify and operationalize variables of interest relative to their research question and hypotheses. 3. Critically summarize and present some of the gaps in design, methods, and measurement relative to their area of study and hypotheses of interest. 1. Create research questions and testable hypotheses congruent with their identified area of study and interest. 2. Identify and operationalize variables of interest relative to their research question and hypotheses. 3. Critically summarize and present some of the gaps in design, methods, and measurement relative to their area of study and

hypotheses of interest. 4. Execute statistical tests covered in this course using SPSS, extract the relevant information from SPSS output, interpret the relevant information and present the findings verbally and graphically