<p>(Formerly numbered 249B.) Lecture, three hours; outside study, nine hours. Limited to PhD students. Introduction to underlying logic(s) of scientific inquiry to provide students with building blocks for independent scholarship. Survey design, sampling strategies and external and construct validity, methods of data collection, and reliability as measurement issue. Letter grading.</p>

Social Welfare

At the convergence of social work, urban planning, and policymaking, the school identifies and develops emerging areas of research and teaching, cultivating leaders and change agents who advance solutions to society’s most pressing problems.

Meyer and Renee Luskin School of Public Affairs

The program prepares leaders for the profession of social work, and develops the empirical base for all facets of practice.

General Catalog

Foundations of Scientific Inquiry I

SOCWLF249A

4 units