SW 650 Exam Study Guide | Social Work
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Evidence-Based Practice EBP uses research to promote
Correct Answer:
More effective practice.
What is the first step in an evidence-based process or in
developing a research proposal?
Correct Answer:
Formulating an answerable questions.
Which response best describes a null hypothesis?
Correct Answer:
It predicts that there is no relationship between study
variables.
Consider a study in which a program based on behavioral
theory is being used to intervene with truant adolescents.
Which of the following might be dependent variable in the
study.
Correct Answer:
Attendance
,In a study involving parenting skills being taught to parents
who have been identified as "at risk" for child abuse or
neglect; which of the following would not be considered an
independent variables?
Correct Answer:
Future reports of child abuse or neglect
What types of studies are designed to test hypotheses?
Correct Answer:
Explanatory
The strongest evidence to guide a practitioner in using
evidence-based practice comes from what type of studies?
Correct Answer:
Meta-analyses of randomized control trails.
Which of the following components of research study would
not be included in the proposal to conduct the study?
Correct Answer:
Findings
What is the purpose of conducting a literature review?
Correct Answer:
To determine what is already known about the topic you are
proposing to study.
Operational definitions of variables
Correct Answer:
,Are precise descriptions of how study variables are being
measured.
In human subjects protection, vulnerable populations
include:
Correct Answer:
All of the above
Which of the following studies would not require approval
from an Institutional Review Board (IRB)
Correct Answer:
A review of journal articles in Social Work.
When you as the researcher are the only person who will
see what responses have come from a study participant,
that information is said to be:
Correct Answer:
confidential
The target behavior in a Single Subject Design (SSD) is
generally:
Correct Answer:
Both b and c (the dependent variable b, operationally
defined c).
Which of the following is NOT a positive aspect of SSD
Correct Answer:
The results are generalizable to other subjects
The main difference between experimental and quasi-
experimental designs is that experimental design require
, Correct Answer:
Random assignment to groups
You are the researcher studying work-place improvements
to increase worker morale. You do pretest measures of
morale among workers at an agency using the Work Morale
Inventory (WMI), implement your intervention of morale
building activities and then do a post-test measure of morale
using the WMI, What design are you implementing?
Correct Answer:
The one-group pre-test/post-test design
You are the researcher conducting the study described in
question 7. If the agency had to lay off several staff
members after you first WMI measure, what internal validity
might affect your study results?
Correct Answer:
Both a and b (history a, mortality b).
You are the researcher conducting the study described in
question 7. If you used the WMI for the pre-test, but decided
to use the Workplace Burnout Scale (WBS) for the post-test,
what threat to internal validity might affect your study
results?
Correct Answer:
Instrumentation
You are the researcher conducting the study described in
question 7. If you are including all of the agency employees
in the study, which threat to internal validity is least likely to
affect your study results?
Detailed Questions with Correct Verified
Answers|100% Verified and Updated|
Latest and Brand new Version!!!!
Evidence-Based Practice EBP uses research to promote
Correct Answer:
More effective practice.
What is the first step in an evidence-based process or in
developing a research proposal?
Correct Answer:
Formulating an answerable questions.
Which response best describes a null hypothesis?
Correct Answer:
It predicts that there is no relationship between study
variables.
Consider a study in which a program based on behavioral
theory is being used to intervene with truant adolescents.
Which of the following might be dependent variable in the
study.
Correct Answer:
Attendance
,In a study involving parenting skills being taught to parents
who have been identified as "at risk" for child abuse or
neglect; which of the following would not be considered an
independent variables?
Correct Answer:
Future reports of child abuse or neglect
What types of studies are designed to test hypotheses?
Correct Answer:
Explanatory
The strongest evidence to guide a practitioner in using
evidence-based practice comes from what type of studies?
Correct Answer:
Meta-analyses of randomized control trails.
Which of the following components of research study would
not be included in the proposal to conduct the study?
Correct Answer:
Findings
What is the purpose of conducting a literature review?
Correct Answer:
To determine what is already known about the topic you are
proposing to study.
Operational definitions of variables
Correct Answer:
,Are precise descriptions of how study variables are being
measured.
In human subjects protection, vulnerable populations
include:
Correct Answer:
All of the above
Which of the following studies would not require approval
from an Institutional Review Board (IRB)
Correct Answer:
A review of journal articles in Social Work.
When you as the researcher are the only person who will
see what responses have come from a study participant,
that information is said to be:
Correct Answer:
confidential
The target behavior in a Single Subject Design (SSD) is
generally:
Correct Answer:
Both b and c (the dependent variable b, operationally
defined c).
Which of the following is NOT a positive aspect of SSD
Correct Answer:
The results are generalizable to other subjects
The main difference between experimental and quasi-
experimental designs is that experimental design require
, Correct Answer:
Random assignment to groups
You are the researcher studying work-place improvements
to increase worker morale. You do pretest measures of
morale among workers at an agency using the Work Morale
Inventory (WMI), implement your intervention of morale
building activities and then do a post-test measure of morale
using the WMI, What design are you implementing?
Correct Answer:
The one-group pre-test/post-test design
You are the researcher conducting the study described in
question 7. If the agency had to lay off several staff
members after you first WMI measure, what internal validity
might affect your study results?
Correct Answer:
Both a and b (history a, mortality b).
You are the researcher conducting the study described in
question 7. If you used the WMI for the pre-test, but decided
to use the Workplace Burnout Scale (WBS) for the post-test,
what threat to internal validity might affect your study
results?
Correct Answer:
Instrumentation
You are the researcher conducting the study described in
question 7. If you are including all of the agency employees
in the study, which threat to internal validity is least likely to
affect your study results?
