Overview

This topic designed to bridge the gap between research and practical application, equipping practitioners working with people (e.g. Educators, Social Workers, Psychologists, Community Workers, Human Resource Managers, Senior Policy Officers etc.) to grapple with common, complex industry scenarios where practitioners have to weigh uncertainty from imperfect knowledge with the need … For more content click the Read More button below.

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Aims

This topic aims to produce graduates that:

  • Read quantitative and qualitative results for meaning, such as descriptives, change, meaningfulness, relevance to context
  • Interpret research findings from reviews and meta-analyses to extract impact to real world contexts and updates to practice
  • Develop the skills to read and conduct types of systematic reviews
  • Effectively execute basic data management and analysis relevant to practice

Learning outcomes

On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:
1.
Identify and execute the stages of a scoping review and execute basic data management and analysis
2.
Draw appropriate conclusions from descriptive and inferential statistics
3.
Evaluate research-based claims and conclusions in the context of professional ethics, to inform a decision and communicate this to stakeholders

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