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Statistics for Social Workers

Training Provider: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
Course Reference: TGS-2021007306
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About This Course

"At the end of the course, students are expected to:
1. Demonstrate understanding and application of statistical tools and processes such as: measurement levels, lies, data distribution, univariate statistics, bivariate, and multivariate statistics (multiple regression, mediation and moderation).

2. Select, calculate, interpret and report statistical data analyses such as
i. How not to mislead others and not be misled by others (data analysis).
ii. The basis of selecting a statistical test.
iii. Hypothesis testing
iv. Parametric and non-parametric statistical tests
v. Regression analysis-simple and multiple
vi. Mediation analysis
vii. Moderation analysis
viii. Data reporting and interpretation

3 Utilize Statistical Software for Social Sciences (SPSS) such as
i. Data entry
ii. Data transformation
iii. Data analysis"

What You'll Learn

This module introduces statistics to social work students, specifically on their use in making informed decisions about social work interventions. The purpose is to facilitate students to use quantitative data in the effective development, delivery, and evaluation of social work services. Through SPSS, a user-friendly software, students will learn how to set up and analyze data. Topics covered in this course are descriptive and inferential statistics within the context of social work practice. This course goes beyond mere calculations and emphasizes on the criteria for and interpretability of statistical tests as well as their applications in the real world.

Entry Requirements

A Bachelor degree in any discipline and minimum 3 years of working experience as Social Service Practitioner

Course Details

Duration 40.5 hours
Language Not specified
Training Commitment Not specified
Total Enrolled New course
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