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Dec 30, 2024
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SW 441 - Data Analysis for Social Workers (3 units)
Concepts, principles, and procedures used in performing statistical analyses of data collected in social work research, including an orientation to computer-assisted data analysis.
Prerequisite(s): SW 440 with a “C” or better and admission to the professional sequence.
Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 2
Units of Laboratory/Studio: 1
Offered: Every Spring
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. articulate how data are used to inform social work intervention, program, and policy decisions.
2. articulate the ethical concerns confronted when conducting data analyses.
3. identify how issues of power and privilege influence the collection, analysis, presentation, and interpretation of data.
4. evaluate the effectiveness of a practice intervention using a single system design.
5. prepare data for analysis and use computer programs to assist in conducting basic data analyses.
6. read, prepare, and interpret tables and graphs.
7. interpret basic statistical tests of association and difference.
8. use a basic content analysis strategy to analyze and interpret qualitative data.
9. apply a logic model to a field-based program component or activity.
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