Research
This is one of the main reasons research is important—it helps us expand our understanding of the world around us.
What is increasing knowledge?
This first step in the research process involves identifying a social issue or question that needs to be better understood.
What is identifying a problem or research question?
This is the professional application of values, principles, and techniques to help people improve their well-being and address social problems.
What is social work practice?
In research, this is the information we collect to help us understand a problem, answer a question, or learn more about a situation.
This is the overall plan or strategy used to investigate a research question.
What is research methodology?
Research supports this critical thinking process by providing evidence to choose the best course of action.
What is decision-making?
In this step, researchers explore what is already known by reviewing articles, studies, and other sources.
What is conducting a literature review?
This type of evidence, often found in journal articles, is one of the three core components of EBP.
What is the best available research evidence?
In research, this refers to anything that can change or be measured.
What is a variable?
This type of research method uses numbers to study patterns, relationships, or outcomes.
What is quantitative methodology?
This is the process of gathering information, analyzing it, and using evidence to answer a question or solve a problem.
What is Research?
After reviewing the literature, researchers do this to clearly state what they want to test or understand.
What is formulating a hypothesis or research question?
EBP requires considering this aspect of the person or group receiving services, including their culture, preferences, and goals.
What are client values and preferences?
This type of variable is what the researcher manipulates or changes in a study.
What is an independent variable?
This methodology would be used if your research question asks, “How do people feel about using a new health clinic?”
What is qualitative methodology?
This is an area of research inquiry that focuses on understanding and solving social problems through scientific methods.
What is social work research?
Whether through surveys, interviews, or observations, this step is about deciding how you’ll collect information.
What is choosing a research method?
This component of EBP includes your own skills, education, and professional judgment as a social worker.
What is practitioner expertise?
This is the variable that shows the outcome or effect and is measured by the researcher.
What is a dependent variable?
This type of data collection is common in quantitative research and might include checkboxes or Likert scales.
What is a survey?
This is the systematic and organized approach to discover new knowledge or verify existing knowledge.
What is the Research Process?
In this final step, researchers share their results through reports or presentations so others can learn and act on them.
What is reporting findings?
True or False: Evidence-Based Practice means only using scientific research and ignoring client opinions.
What is False?
In a study on teenage anxiety, this variable would be the anxiety level after therapy.
What is the dependent variable?
This type of qualitative method involves a group discussion guided by a facilitator to explore shared experiences.
What is a focus group?