Week 4  Focusing Research Questions and Developing Hypotheses  Resources  Readings  Yegidis, B. L., Weinbach, R. W., & Myers, L. L. (2018). Research methods for social workers (8th ed.). New York, NY: Pearson. o Review Chapter 4, “Conducting the Literature Review and Developing Research Hypothesis” (pp. 71-99) Plummer, S.-B., Makris, S., & Brocksen S. M. (Eds.). (2014). Social work case studies: Foundation year. Baltimore, MD: Laureate International Universities Publishing. [Vital Source e- reader]. o SocialWorkResearch:CouplesCounseling o SocialWorkResearch:UsingMultipleAssessments Plummer, S.-B., Makris, S., Brocksen S. (Eds.). (2014). Sessions: Case histories. Baltimore, MD: Laureate International Universities Publishing. [Vital Sourcee-reader]. o TheLoganFamily Media Laureate Education (Producer). (2013). Logan family (Episode 1) [Video file]. In Sessions . Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu © 2017 Laureate Education, Inc.  6 of 16  Week 4  Focusing Research Questions and Developing Hypotheses  Discussion  Research Questions and Literature Reviews  explanation about what should come first—the development of a research question or a thorough literature review. Justify your answer by adding your thoughts about which process you believe to be more realistic and/or appropriate and why. Finally, describe potential consequences of deciding on a research question without conducting a review of the literature. Please use the Learning Resources to support your answer.  PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A MASTER LEVEL PROGRAM GAMMER SHOULD BE RIGHT. JUST ONE PAGE ...

1. Week 4
Focusing Research Questions and Developing Hypotheses
Resources
Readings
Yegidis, B. L., Weinbach, R. W., & Myers, L. L. (2018).
Research methods for social workers
(8th ed.). New York, NY: Pearson.
o Review Chapter 4, “Conducting the Literature Review and
Developing Research Hypothesis” (pp. 71-99)
Plummer, S.-B., Makris, S., & Brocksen S. M. (Eds.). (2014).
Social work case studies: Foundation year.
Baltimore, MD: Laureate International Universities Publishing.
[Vital Source e- reader].
o SocialWorkResearch:CouplesCounseling
o SocialWorkResearch:UsingMultipleAssessments

2. Plummer, S.-B., Makris, S., Brocksen S. (Eds.). (2014).
Sessions: Case histories. Baltimore, MD: Laureate International
Universities Publishing. [Vital Sourcee-reader].
o TheLoganFamily
Media
Laureate Education (Producer). (2013).
Logan family
(Episode 1) [Video file]. In
Sessions
. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu
© 2017 Laureate Education, Inc.
6 of 16
Week 4
Focusing Research Questions and Developing Hypotheses
Discussion

3. Research Questions and Literature Reviews
explanation about what should come first—the development of a
research question or a thorough literature review. Justify your
answer by adding your thoughts about which process you
believe to be more realistic and/or appropriate and why. Finally,
describe potential consequences of deciding on a research
question without conducting a review of the literature. Please
use the Learning Resources to support your answer.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A MASTER LEVEL
PROGRAM GAMMER SHOULD BE RIGHT. JUST ONE
PAGE