Author Archives: cdalmazan

The general takeaways from the course and the blog is really a way to understand research further and what I have learned. I learned the different types of research, sampling, experiments, and why it is important. I was hoping to learn more about the importance to research and how it connects with social work. IContinue reading “Blog #10”

Ethical research before todays class meant to do a research without being unethical in the approach you’re giving. It is about being true to the research without changing it for your own benefit. A lot of times people don’t know that they’re being unethical and that is what I learned after todays class. It isContinue reading “Blog #9”

I am approaching this paper by coming up with a rough draft and to include more time in writing it. The paper isn’t due for a few weeks but I want to work on it slowly and make sure I hit every question. I have already started organizing my thoughts, that way I can haveContinue reading “Blog # 8”

After class ended, I realized how important it is to know the difference between each research design and how important it is to figure out which one fits with certain research topic questions. I realized how important it is to figure out which research design works for my research question as well as how toContinue reading “Blog #7”

I tend to gravitate more towards qualitative because it is more of an open-ended type of question and answers. I think there is more to learn about the individual if they’re more intrigued to talk about a question that is more open ended. I think it is better to recognize the bias in choices ofContinue reading “Blog # 6”

I do not like statistics at all and its mostly because it deals with numbers. I was never good with math and statistics isn’t really math but its about probability and has numbers, and I am not good at understanding it. I have taken two statistics classes in the past and I have also doneContinue reading “Blog #5”

The current biases with my research is the idea of trying to measure stress. There are a lot of researchers who although noticed that the formally incarcerated women are stressed, many of the research didn’t really care about trying to stop the stress. There was a few articles that even said that they deserve thatContinue reading “Blog 4”

What gains/new insights/perspectives have you made about the uses of research to your future social work practice? I gained new knowledge about how to look up research and understand how to get scholar articles. How relevant is research to social work practice? Research is relevant in social work practice because in working with a nonprofitContinue reading “Blog # 3”

I think I have what it takes to write a literature review now because I am knowledgeable on the tools that is needed to write an effective one. A strength I have is being really good at looking up scholarly articles and being able to take out the important information from the study. I needContinue reading “Blog # 2 Writing an Effective Literature Review”

In undergrad, I took a research method class. It has been a few years since I took the class so I don’t really remember much of the subject. Research doesn’t really excite me but I know that it is necessary for a growing field like social work. Research is necessary in social work, to keepContinue reading “Blog #1: Experience”