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If the target problem improves at any point during the intervention phase, it is safe to
infer that the intervention is effective.
The table shows that regardless of type of illness, recipients of social work services
were more likely to die in the hospital.
Legitimate ex post facto hypothesizing requires additional research.
Measurement error can be systematic or random.
Qualitative methods offer a number of techniques that on-site research staff members
can use in attempting to observe research implementation pitfalls.
Mary chronicles people's attitudes toward an upcoming poverty program. Mary is doing
explanatory research.
Studies that assign subjects to intervention groups on the basis of their extreme scores
are vulnerable to regression toward the mean.
Corroboration in historical research is best done using the same type of source, NOT
different types of sources.
Due to their similarity, it is relatively easy, and not paradoxical, to blend the emic and
etic perspectives in qualitative observation.
Tradition and authority can be useful sources of knowledge, but relying on them
exclusively can be risky.
The ethical issues are always readily apparent in research projects.
Although there are important differences in conceptualization between qualitative and
quantitative studies, both approaches are apt to operationally define variables in
advance and in the same way.
Reference librarians can be very helpful if you want to find something in the library.
The following exemplifies an improper way to ask a question: "Are you satisfied with
this textbook and with your research instructor's teaching style?
A major advantage of the key informants and community forum approaches to needs
assessment is the representativeness of the opinions expressed.
