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GREAT MINDS!!
To the question “Who are your favorite people to be around?”, it might be expected of most to answer with a best friend, or a family member like mom or dad, a brother or sister, or even a cousin. Even though those options are very much reasonable, I can’t see myself committing to any of…
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Blog 5a: Bias in the Use of Research Methods
I gained so much information from reading Chapter 9: Quantitative and Qualitative Measurement Instruments from Rubin and Babbie’s “Essential Research Methods for Social Work”. The information that Chapter 9 consisted of was not so much new information, but rather it was more complex information. See, I can recall first learning about quantitative and qualitative measurements…
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Free Time?
What do you enjoy doing most in your leisure time? By doing a quick Google search, one will be able to discover the meaning of the word leisure. Leisure (lei·sure /ˈlēZHər,ˈleZHər/) is defined simply as “free time”. Free time. Now, I don’t know about the rest of you but, that scares me. Free time is…
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Blog 2a: My Thoughts about Writing Literature Reviews
I would like to preface this blog with a meme, one that I think will be very familiar and relatable: This seemingly calm pooch in a room full of fire meme has been around for 10 years. To this day, people all over social media still share this 2013 meme. Why? Because it is a…
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Blog 1a: My Thoughts about Research
I don’t have much experience with research. None that I count anyway. You see, during my undergrad at Concordia University-Chicago I did take a research methods course. However, that syllabus is nothing compared to the syllabus for SWK 512. I can’t help but look back at my undergrad days and laugh to myself. Perhaps it…
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