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SSWR
Research and Statistics Methodology
Workshops
Registration
fee for each workshop is $100. Register
early—space is limited!
1:00
pm – 5:00 pm Half-Day Workshop
Culturally-Sensitive Research:
Emerging Approaches in Theory, Measurement
and Methods for Effective Research
on Acculturation, Ethnic Identity
and Gender
Presenters: Felipe González
Castro, Tanya Nieri - Arizona State
University
This workshop will provide participants
with innovative, culturallysensitive,
and also scientifically rigorous content
for designing and conducting culturally-sensitive
research that examines the constructs
of acculturation, ethnic identity,
and gender identity. These approaches
will be relevant for research in the
areas of: HIV/AIDS research, drug
abuse research, research on youth
and adult development, and research
with immigrant and nativeborn Hispanics
and other ethnic populations who are
undergoing the process of acculturative
change and/or upward sociocultural
mobility.
This
workshop will have the following learning
objectives:
(1)
to provide a framework for innovative
social work research that addresses
these concepts;
(2) to review issues in the conceptualization
and measurement of these constructs,
from a broad-based mixed-methods (qualitative-quantitative)
approach;
(3) to present examples of relevant
measurement and to present relevant
scales and measures;
(4) to review research design and
implementation issues that arise when
working with these constructs under
the noted framework; and
(5) to offer interactive questionand-
answer periods and simple exercises
that will facilitate effective research
with these issues and research challenges.
1:30
pm – 5:30 pm Half-Day Workshop
Intervention Research: From
Treatment Manuals to Funded Research
Presenters: Mark Fraser, Sheryl
Zimmerman - University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
Using treatment manuals is an integral
element of evidencebased practice,
and developing treatment manuals is
an integral element of successfully
securing funding for intervention
research. The purpose of this pre-conference
workshop is to describe steps in the
development of treatment manuals and
to embed these steps in an overarching
approach to intervention research.
The presenters will focus on conceptualizing
interventions from risk factors and
risk processes, and sequentially refining
interventions through programs of
funded research. Emphasis will be
placed on both developing practice
innovations and on strategies for
securing funding to refine them over
time.
1:00
pm -5:00 p.m. Half-Day Workshop
Quasi-Experimental Design
Presenter: Charles S Reichardt
– University of Denver
This workshop will provide an accessible
but rigorous explication of classic
quasi-experimental designs and of
the variety of ways in which these
can be embellished so that a high
quality design will result, tailored
to fit the demands of your research
project. The workshop will review
analysis strategies for data, show
you how to recognize alternative explanations
for quasiexperimental study results,
and how to take these into account
to maximize the credibility of your
results. It will cover the most recent
theoretical developments in quasi-experimentation.
The goal of the workshop will be more
applied than theoretical, with the
intent to give you practical knowledge
to launch successful quasi-experiments,
even under difficult field conditions.
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