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1. Science and social work
2. Starting your research project
3. Searching the literature
4. Critical information literacy
5. Writing your literature review
6. Research ethics
7. Theory and paradigm
8. Reasoning and causality
9. Writing your research question
10. Quantitative sampling
11. Quantitative measurement
12. Survey design
13. Experimental design
14. Univariate analysis
15. Bivariate analysis
16. Reporting quantitative results
17. Qualitative data and sampling
18. Qualitative data collection
19. A survey of approaches to qualitative data analysis
20. Quality in qualitative studies: Rigor in research design
21. Qualitative research dissemination
22. A survey of qualitative designs
23. Program evaluation
24. Sharing and consuming research
Appendix A: Student-to-student resources
Appendix B: Faculty-to-faculty resources
Glossary
CSWE EPAS index
Peer review statement
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