Author Archives: lizannereyes

My main takeaway from rereading my blog posts is that conducting, reading, and evaluating research is a process. I learned so much in this class including how to: find information, evaluate research, write a literature review, and most importantly, how to structure and write a research proposal. One of my many takeaways is that researchContinue reading “Blog 10! – The Metablog”

What does ethical research mean to you before today’s lecture and after today’s lecture and discussion? What insights did you gain from the material? How does your understanding of the ethical issues in research affect your thinking about the implementation of the proposal? Prior to last week’s lecture and readings, my thoughts on ethical researchContinue reading “Ethics and Research”

Blog #8 Self Efficacy and the Final Research Paper The final research paper is due in a couple of weeks. It is a major paper which requires planning, writing, and thoughtful integration of the ideas we covered during the entire semester. How are you approaching the completion of this task? What is your plan? How doContinue reading “Blog 8”

What are your thoughts on research designs after tonight’s class? How important is identifying an appropriate research design for your study? What types of research designs are you considering for your study and why? Notate a research design that is consistent with the goals of your study. After our class lecture and reading through allContinue reading “Blog Post 7”

As a researcher, which particular research methods (quantitative, qualitative, or a combination) do I tend to gravitate towards and why? Do I think it’s important to recognize the biases in the choice of the research method? Why? What could determine the use of a particular research method? I think my biases at this point are basedContinue reading “Research Methods”

These are my thoughts and feelings about statistics and why I think and feel this way about statistics. I think as an academic subject, statistics can be intimidating. This is dependent on past experience, educational background and overall comfort with math. More on this last point, below. I took statistics in the early 1990’s andContinue reading “Blog 5”

Q: What are my current biases with my research topic? Why is it important to be aware of my biases when writing a literature review?  Do I think my biases could affect the conclusions that I arrive at in my literature review? Moving forward, what do I need to do to address these biases thatContinue reading “Post 4 – Bias”

What gains/new insights/perspectives have you made about the uses of research to your future social work practice? There are many sources of information. Research has been done on a broad range of subjects and at this point in my social work program, I would have trouble thinking of a completely new idea, but I knowContinue reading “Blog Post 3 (not 4)”

Blog Post #1: Describe your experience or experiences with research as a subject. How do you feel about research? Do you see any benefits and/or downsides in using research in social work practice? What are your fears and concerns, if any? How do you think this will impact upon your motivations and work for this course? My Thoughts:Continue reading “Blog Post 1”

Do you have what it takes to write an effective literature review? What particular strengths would you build upon and what are the areas that you believe need attention when you start to develop the literature review? I think I have what it takes in terms of curiosity and a true interest in my topic. IContinue reading “Blog Post 2”