SCWK 9951 Survey of Research Methods in Social and Behavioral Science
Required for all Doctoral Students The course surveys research methods in the social and behavioral sciences, including theoretical and conceptual approaches to research problem formulation; research design, including experimental, comparative, and survey; sampling; statistical methods; and methods of observation and common techniques of data analysis. The course provides a framework for evaluating social science research codifying methods for gathering scientific evidence, explicating criteria by which to evaluate scientific evidence, and developing techniques for evaluating scientific evidence in the published literature. These tools will be applied to a group of case examples of research in social and behavioral science.
Course overview
- Department
- Social Work
- School
- SSW
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Graduate
- Offered
- Every Fall
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.23 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 4.37 / 5 · Very Good
- Terms evaluated
- 5
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | Catherine Taylor | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | — | 9 of 9 |
| Fall 2024 | Catherine Taylor | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 7–9 hrs/week | 5 of 5 |
| Fall 2023 | Catherine Taylor | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 of 5 |
| Fall 2022 | Catherine Taylor | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | — | 4 of 4 |
| Fall 2021 | Maggi Price | 4.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 10+ hrs/week | 1 of 5 |