Private Access to Research I content for TSU Social Work Students Only


These recorded lectures were made during Fall 2020. They are made available here as supplements for TSU students only. Please do not share this link beyond TSU Social Work students.

This content teaches SOWK 4800: Research I to undergraduate social work students during the onset of COVID, right as everyone was pivoting to online education.


Download the PPT slides that accompany each lecture here.

There is also a subfolder where you may access the midterm and final exam.


Readings:

Primary Text -

Rubin, A., & Babbie, E. (2016). Essential research methods for social work (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage. ISBN# 13: 978-1-305-10168-5. *Note you will use this same text in SOWK 4850, and it is also used in our MSW research courses. Careful not to remove any, but you can access chapters 1-13 here.

Supplemental -

Castro, F., Barrera, M., & Martinez, C. (2004). The cultural adaptation of prevention interventions: Resolving tensions between fidelity and fit. Prevention Science (5)1, 41-45. Private study only copy here.

Collins, P. H. (2000). Black Feminist Epistemology, Chapter 11, p. 251-271, in Black Feminist Thought. NY, NY: Routledge.  Available Free here: https://uniteyouthdublin.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/black-feminist-though-by-patricia-hill-collins.pdf


Week 1: Getting Started

Access a copy of the course syllabus here.


Week 2 & 3: The Lost Episodes

This video was recorded as a review of Chapters 1 & 2 and Appendix A-C for SOWK 4850 during Fall 2022.

The original recordings of Chapters 1-4 cannot be located.


Week 4: Research Ethics

Access for TSU students to the CITI training modules through TSU’s IRB can be found here. You should keep your certification and score report, and you are able to link your certification to your LinkedIn profile.


Week 5: Film Analysis

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Download the Film Analysis Guide here.


Week 7: Formulating a Question & a Research Design


Week 8: Castro article example activity

Access a private, for study purposes only copy of the Castro article here.


Week 9: Group Zoom - Writing a Mock IRB study proposal

Download the Guidance Document created for students to follow in completing a mock IRB proposal for human participants research here.


Week 10: Ch 10, 11, & 16


Week 11: Qualitative Methods


Week 12: Quantitative Methods


Week 13: Ch 14 and Black Feminist Epistemology

Collins, P. H. (2000). Black Feminist Epistemology, Chapter 11, p. 251-271, in Black Feminist Thought. NY, NY: Routledge.  Available Free here: https://uniteyouthdublin.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/black-feminist-though-by-patricia-hill-collins.pdf