STUDY CRITICAL THINKING OF HAMEDAN WELFARE OFFICE EMPLOYEES

Abstract

The aim of this study was to identify the level of critical thinking in welfare office employees.
Through a descriptive survey research, from population of Hamedan Welfare Office employee,
168 persons were selected using classified random sampling. The required data was collected by
“B form” California critical thinking questionnaire, and then it was analyzed using single sampling
t-test and spss software. Results showed there is a significant difference between mean of critical
thinking scores in components of analysis, evaluation, inference, inductive reasoning, deductive
reasoning and total score with theoretical mean, so that we could mention critical thinking mean of
Welfare Office employees is less than theoretical mean.