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Making Social Work Count: A Curriculum Innovation to Teach Quantitative Research Methods and Statistical Analysis to Undergraduate Social Work Students in the United Kingdom

Barbra TeaterDepartment of Social Work, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, Staten Island, New York, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Jessica RoySchool for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol, United KingdomView further author information
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John CarpenterSchool for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol, United KingdomView further author information
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Donald ForresterSchool of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United KingdomView further author information
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John DevaneySchool of Sociology, Social Policy, and Social Work, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, IrelandView further author information
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Jonathan ScourfieldSchool of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United KingdomView further author information
Pages 422-437 | Published online: 27 Oct 2017

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