How to Write a Graduate Paper for School on Social Work

If you are completing a graduate level program in social work, then one of your assignments at some point will be to complete a paper. The paper will most likely involve some sort of research that relates to the field of social work in which you are studying. This type of research paper usually requires that you include specific sections and information. However, you should always follow your instructor's directions carefully when writing a graduate paper for school in social work.

Instructions

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      Add a title page that includes your name, the course, your instructor's name and your topic.

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      Write the abstract. This is about 100 words that describe the nature of your research, the social work-related topic you're covering in the graduate paper.

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      Write the introduction after the abstract. In the introduction, discuss your topic at greater length and why you chose it. At the end, state your hypothesis, which is what you wanted to discover or prove through your research.

    • 4

      List the methods you used in the "Methods" section. This includes all materials used to gather evidence and details about the population and sample sizes you were studying .

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      Include a separate "Measures" section. This section discusses how you measured your data. For example, your sample population may have completed a survey which included a number scale for how much they agreed or disagreed with various topics or statements. Your measurements would then be done using the number scale.

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      Describe your experimental design in a "Design" section. This would include any manipulated variables in your social work research. The design of the above example would discuss how you designed the surveys.

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      Add a "Procedure" section to discuss the procedure you used to conduct the experiment. In the example above, your procedure would include choosing your population and administering the surveys.

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      Include "Results." This section talks about what you discovered by completing the social work research.

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      Write the "Conclusions" in a section separate from the results. This section is where you can finally discuss whether or not your hypothesis was proven right or wrong. You may conclude that more research is needed on the subject.

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      Add any references used in a "References" section on the last page of your graduate paper on social work.

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