Research in Social Work,
SWK 317 
Communication
Please
see announcements in Angel and check your e-mail regularly
We will also be using
the Discussion Forums in Angel.
I check for messages
on e-mail more often than telephone
messages
Send e-mail to: mahlerre@buffalostate.edu
(Last updated January 2008)
Miscellaneous
Course Syllabus
Notes
Journals for Content
Analysis
Power Point Slides
The Research Process
The Logic of Social Research
Ethics
Problem Formulation
Measurement
Surveys
Scales
Sampling
Experimental Designs
Single Subject Designs
Observation
Available Data Analysis
Evaluation
Grants & Report Writing
Tests- see Angel when professor makes material
available
Major Assignments
Assignment 1- Literature Search
Assignment 2- Data Analysis Project- see Angel as professor makes material
accessible
Assignment 3- Group Design Report-
see Angel for previous
DRAFT reports to revise
Assignment
4- Single
Subject Design Paper-see Angel & professor for abridged case study &
your group’s target problem
Links to
Professional & Research Organizations
Buffalo State
College’s Library Butler Library
Test
Locator
http://ericae.net/testcol.htm#ETSTF
Federal Statistics
Sites
http://www.fedstats.org
Annie E. Casey
Foundation www.aecf.org
American
Psychological Association http://www.apa.org
Articles, books,
discussion, cartoons about family
http://www.wholefamily.com
Campbell
Collaboration links to studies about intervention http://campbellcollaboration.com
Child Abuse
Prevention Network http://child.cornell.edu/bookmarks.html
Cochrane Library
links to studies about health treatments http://cochrane.org
General Services
Administration (GSA) Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance--a directory of
Federal programs, projects, service and activities which provide
assistance or benefits to the American
Public http://www.gsa.gov/fdac
House Committee
on Ways and Means' GREEN BOOK of
Federal Entitlements http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/wm001.html
Legal Information
on Public Benefits from Cornell's Legal
Information Institute http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/topic2.html#public
benefits
National
National
National
Association of Social Workers http://www.naswdc.org/
National
NYS Social
Services Information http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/ils/topics/social.htm
Social Security
Handbook summarizes information about the
Federal Retirement, Survivors, Disability, Supplemental Security
Income, Health Insurance, etc. http://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/handbook/ssa-hbk.htm
Substance Abuse
& Mental Health Services
www.samhsa.gov/
US Congress http://congress.org
Welfare Issues
links to publications and research relating to
welfaremaintained
by the Human Services Policy branch of the
Planning and Evaluation Division of HHS http://aspe.hhs.gov