IASWR RIGOROUS AND RELEVANT RESEARCH METHODS Workshop

Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis Monday July 7-Tuesday July 8, 2008 Julia Littell, PhD, Professor Bryn Mawr School of Social Work   This workshop covers the logic and methods of research synthesis, including systematic reviews and meta-analysis. Participants will obtain practical information, guidelines, and tools to help them plan and conduct rigorous analyses and syntheses of empirical research. Emphasis is placed on empirically-based standards for research synthesis developed by the international, interdisciplinary Campbell Collaboration and other groups. Participants will learn how to conduct systematic reviews that can provide stakeholders with valid information and contribute to knowledge about important practical issues, including (but not limited to) the effectiveness of interventions. Specific topics are: problem formulation and scope, protocol development, establishing study eligibility criteria, information retrieval strategies, data extraction methods, study quality assessment, narrative summaries of studies and their results, methods of quantitative synthesis and meta-analysis, and using qualitative data on program implementation and intervention processes in systematic reviews.  Dr. Littell is a professor at the Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research. Her research focuses on multi-systemic issues of child maltreatment and child welfare and on research syntheses methodologies. She has been Principal Investigator of 11 funded studies.   REGISTRATION INFORMATION  FEE:    $450, inclusive of workshop materials, CEUs and 2 continental breakfasts, 2 lunches and a networking reception.   LOCATION:      NASW National Headquarters Conference Center             750 First Street, NE, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20002 Registration is open until the class is filled. Payment may be made by credit card, check or organizational Purchase Order. IASWR strongly encourages online registration using credit card payment via PayPal. While you may register and pay by check or confirmed organizational purchase order, IASWR will accept registrations on a first-come, first-registered basis only upon actual receipt of payment. If a purchase order is in process, you may fax the registration form with credit card information (or call 202.336.8385 with the credit card information). IASWR will not process such card info, but reserves the right to do so in the event that a purchase order is not received and the course attendance limit is met. To register using a credit card, click here Pay with a credit card via PayPal to complete your registration form and payment online via PayPal. To register using a check or organizational purchase order click here Pay by Check  to complete registration form and mail with payment. Make check payee IASWR.  Need more information, click here for answers to frequently asked questions Hotel? CEu's? Computer? Materials?.... CANCELLATION INFORMATION Registrants may cancel up to three weeks prior to the workshop, and will be reimbursed the registration fee minus administrative handling charges of $35.00 plus any credit card reversal fees if payment was made via a credit card. Persons who cancel within three weeks of the workshop will forfeit their registration fee unless a wait list person is able to fill that slot. If the slot is filled the registrant will be reimbursed less the administrative fee of $35.00 plus any credit card reversal fees if payment was made via a credit card. FOR MORE INFORMATION Content related information: Rebecca Toni Hjelm, 202.336.8306, rhjelm@naswdc.org Registration information: Brenda Bustos, 202.336.8385, iaswr@naswdc.org Attendees are responsible for their own travel and lodging. Info will be provided.

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