Brooks/Cole Empowerment Series: Essential Research Methods for Social Work 3rd Edition

Which of the following statements is/are true about historical/comparative analysis? a. It is comparative in that it seeks to discover common patterns that recur in different times and places. b. Primary sources for raw data might include old letters, diaries, or lectures. c. Flaws might exist in both primary as well as secondary

Some research studies can combine the use of qualitative methods with the use of quantitative methods. Answer: T Answer: T Answer: T Which of the following statements is true about culturally competent interviewing? a. All interviewers must be of the same ethnicity as the respondent. b. Although matching interviewer and interviewee ethnicity is not a foolproof

A family preservation program director helps design a study that evaluates the effectiveness of her program to keep children living with their abusive parents by providing the families with daily home visits by social workers. She expects the evaluation to show a dramatic reduction in reported child abuse incidents. Instead,

An experiment evaluating the effectiveness of an intervention for improving attitudes about something finds that the mean posttest score of the experimental group is 70, which is better than the control group's mean posttest score of 65. The significance level is .05, and the p value is .01. The standard deviation

The classic experiment with random assignment of participants controls for measurement bias. Answer: F Answer: F Answer: F Qualitative measures rely on interviews that are usually open-ended with in-depth probes. Answer: T Answer: T Answer: T Sometimes it is appropriate to conduct single-case experiments with unstable baselines. Answer: T Answer: T Answer: T Suppose that Jane Doe, MSW properly engages in all

In order to foster the eventual utilization of an evaluation, one of the steps evaluators should take is a. make sure stakeholders are not involved in planning the evaluation. b. ensure that program personnel do not influence the evaluation design. c. involve stakeholders throughout all phases of the evaluation. d. withhold the sharing of

If an experimental group's mean of 20 indicates fewer undesirable symptoms than the control group's mean of 25, and the standard deviation is 10, then the Cohen's d effect size should be reported as: a. + .50 b. - .50 c. +5.0 d. " 5.0 Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A At what level of measurement is the

Which of the following statements is true about the emic and etic perspectives in qualitative research? a. Although the two perspectives seem contradictory, the participant observer should try to blend them. b. They both pertain primarily to ethics. c. They are more relevant to the complete observer than to the participant-as-observer. d. Neither allows researchers

In which of the following analyses is content analysis least likely to be useful? a. themes in newspaper editorials. b. the wording of this exam. c. topics covered in class lectures. d. the theme of love as discussed in song. e. dating patterns among high school seniors. Answer: E Answer: E Answer: E Which of the following statements is

If the target problem improves at any point during the intervention phase, it is safe to infer that the intervention is effective. Answer: F Answer: F Answer: F The table shows that regardless of type of illness, recipients of social work services were more likely to die in the hospital. Answer: F Answer: F Answer: F Legitimate ex

Suppose you wish to measure progress in increasing the amount of time a child in institutional care spends studying as an indicator of the effectiveness of your groupwork intervention. Which of the following approaches most likely would be least vulnerable to reactivity problems? a. Have the child record the amount of time

Which of the following statements is/are true about questionnaires? a. Researchers can avoid the need for pretesting if they are very careful in the way they word questions. b. Because it is virtually impossible to avoid some mistakes in wording, questionnaires should be pretested in a dry run. c. When pretesting, the pretest

Time series designs with many measurement points control for maturation. Answer: T Answer: T Answer: T Almost all research studies on social work practice effectiveness have agreed that it is very effective. Answer: F Answer: F Answer: F When most well educated people agree that something makes common sense, we can safely assume that to be true without