Knee Deep in the Hooah!

Grab something hot to drink and follow me over to You Served where I just posted about statistics and how to critique research being used to draw conclusions about divorce rates in the military.

December 31, 2008 By Claire

I had mentioned that I wanted to do a follow up “piggyback” write up to an earlier post by CJ on Divorce and the Military.

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My background is quite diverse in regard to the different populations I have worked with. I have worked in the poorest regions of Appalachia, and I have worked with violent and assaultive youth, pediatric brain tumor patients and their families, and my last job placed me in various client settings evaluating program effectiveness and developing tools to measure outcomes as a research associate.

One common thread through all of my work has been research. Every program I have worked in over the years has either used research to inform its practice, or was actively conducting research in the field. There are two things I learned along the way: research is necessary to guide practice, and the information we gain from social research is often more limited than researchers want to admit. Continue reading this post…