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  My general takeaway from this course is that I have learned to create a BLOG and officially start a blog site. I never considered posting and viewing blogs before taking this course. I usually avoid social media outlets and just enjoy information and updates posted on varies sites from what is told to me,Continue reading “BLOG #10”

Before today’s class, I felt that ethical research was being respectful to the experience of others, as you dig for information. I was aware that there are rules and laws within the guidelines of conducting research, and that a researcher should be diligent in their quest yet, operate only inside of the regulations allowed. AfterContinue reading “BLOG #9”

      The final research paper is due in a couple of weeks. It is a major paper. In order to prepare for this assignment, I plan to review my notes taken throughout the semester. I plan to review the main points at the end of each chapter studied in our textbooks. I plan to re-read,Continue reading “Blog #8”

Biases in the choice of Research Method  As a researcher, I will rely on a combination of research methods, that being quantitative and qualitative. I will explore quantitative research methods because it generates precise yet, generalized findings. However, I will mostly employ the qualitative research method, because it is known to emphasize deeper meaning ofContinue reading “Blog #6”

After tonight’s class my thoughts on research designs have broadened. Although the jargon can be a bit intimidating, I found the content to be interesting with the given examples. I think that the sources of measurement error was an important section. After all, if researchers supplied data that was often flawed; that being neither reliableContinue reading “Blog #7”

My thoughts and feelings about statistics are respectful. I am respectful to the subject of statistics because I have never been able to conquer it. Personally, statistics is a worthy opponent of mines. Statistics makes sense to me and feels right to have in the field of educating, but I struggle to grasp it. TheContinue reading “Blog #5”

The current biases in my research paper is that I want to only consider the agents of my topic, which are homeless people. Too long, I feel that we, including the most caring people and professionals put our own emphasis on what homelessness is and what being homeless feels like. So, my bias is toContinue reading “Blog #4”

The new insight or perspective I have towards research for my future social practice, is that research is necessary to qualify my thinking. There is probably nothing new under the sun in social work that has not already been thought about. However, theories must be tested and proven, or in some cases disproved. At times,Continue reading “BLOG #3”

A literature review can be considered a summary of previous researched articles/ reports of topics that you want to discuss. Oftentimes people find themselves wanting to put emphasizes on a matter that is of interest to them. A literature review gives us the opportunity to highlight significant and sometimes debatable issues. However, to complete aContinue reading “BLOG # 2”

This Blog will identify social issues that impact society and the affects that it has on human conditions. The nature of these topics may be may be political, spiritual or racial. We are in an interesting time in history and our worlds are connecting in ways that cultures are colliding, as well as pushing beyondContinue reading “SLG Perspectives on Social Issues”