Article: “The Bell Curve: Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Social Work”

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6467/is_/ai_n28743565

This is and it IS NOT exactly what this blog is about. 

However, if one can understand the basic issues in this article (i.e., how the Normal Curve works, Social Work’s reaction to the words “Normal Curve”) cited here, one can come closer to getting why this blog may be necessary.

Solving Problems with the Standard Normal Curve

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/11359-solving-problems-with-the-standard-normal-curve-video.htm

A video from “How Stuff Works”.

Normal Curve Tests of Means and Proportions

http://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/PA765/normal.htm

By Professor G. David Garson

Using the Normal Curve to Enhance your Social Work Practice

     The purpose of this blog is to help Social Work students, practitioners and researchers become more expert and comfortable at using the standardization and the Normal Curve to enhance their social work practice, education and research.