144: Experimental Research Design (Part 1): Interview with Bruce Thyer, PhD, LCSW

Episode 144: In today's episode, I spoke with Dr. Bruce Thyer, Distinguished Research Professor, former Dean with the College of Social Work at Florida State University, founding and current editor of the journal Research on Social Work Practice, and author of the 2023 Columbia University Press text Experimental Research Designs in Social Work: Theory and Application. Today’s episode is the first of a two-part series about experimental research designs—what they are, why they matter, and how social workers have been using them more than you might think. You can read a transcript of today's interview at You can connect with other social workers at the Social Work Podcast Facebook page at or follow the Bluesky feed at

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144: Experimental Research Design (Part 1): Interview with Bruce Thyer, PhD, LCSW is an episode from The Social Work Podcast by Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW.

This episode is 21:37 long.

This episode was published on Jul 1, 2025.

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