HSDA 5180 - Research Methods in the Human Services

This course provides a graduate-level survey of research methodologies commonly utilized in the field of human services. The purpose of the course is for development of student knowledge in the conduct of nomothetic research projects, including problem formulation, experimental and quasi-experimental group research designs, scientific inference, internal and external validity, operationalization and measurement, and a critical analysis of published examples of human services research. Nomothetic research principles of creating (context of discovery), testing (context of justification), and applying scientific knowledge in a human service practice context will be presented.

Hours:
3