Discuss social work research in a diverse society. Include implications for research proposals and implications for writing research.
What will be an ideal response?
Implications for research proposals: We hope you have now learned the kinds of issues that you must consider in carrying out or evaluating research. The diversity of the populations that we study impacts all phases of the research process, whether it is the formulation of the research question, the meaning given to concepts and measurement of these concepts, the strategies used to recruit and retain participants, the kinds of categories used to classify participant characteristics, the analysis of the findings, or unique ethical concerns. These are all questions that must be addressed in the research proposal.
Implications for writing research: How the findings are reported is essential for reviewing individual studies and for conducting meta-analyses. It is not just enough to report the characteristics of the sample, such as the percentage who are female or the percentage who are African American, although this is certainly a good first step (Geller, Adams, & Carnes, 2006). To be meaningful, the analysis must account for group differences, whether it is controlling for ethnicity or gender in a regression model or reporting group mean scores in intervention studies. Without these findings, it becomes more difficult for the meta-analyst to answer the “for whom” question.
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