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SW 450 FINAL EXAM LATEST 2026-2027 ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
the TARGET BEHAVIOR is a Single Subject Design (SSD) is
generally:
a. the independent variable
b. the dependent variable
c. operationally defined
d. both b and c. - ANSWER-both the dependent variable and
operationally defined.
Which of the following is NOT a positive aspect of a SSD?
a. they can be used to engage clients in the intervention process.
b. the results are generalizable to other subjects
c. they provide some evidence regarding a subject's progress or
lack of progress in treatment.
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d. they can easily be incorporated into practice - ANSWER-b. the
results are generalizable to other subjects
the main difference between experimental and quasi-experimental
designs is that experimental designs require:
a. random assignment to groups
b. pre-test and post-test measures
c. operationally defined variables.
d. all of the above. - ANSWER-a. random assignment to groups.
You are a researcher studying work-place improvements to
increase worker morale. You do a pre-test measure of morale for
50 workers at an agency using the Worker Morale Inventory
(WMI), implement your intervention of morale building activities,
and then do a post-test measure of morale with them using the
WMI. What design are you implementing?
AB design
the class experimental design
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the one-group post-test only design
the one-group pre-test/post-test design - ANSWER-d. 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 your first WMI measure, what threat to internal validity might
affect your study results?
a. history
b. mortality
c. both history and mortality
d. none of the above - ANSWER-both history and mortality
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?
a. instrumentation
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b. testing
c. selection
d. history - ANSWER-a. instrumentation
You are the researcher conducting the study described in
question 7. If you are including ALL of the agency employees in
your study, which threat to internal validity is LEAST LIKELY to
affect your study results.
a. selection
b. testing
c. history
d. maturation. - ANSWER-a. selection
Reliability and validity of a research instrument refer to:
a. the instrument's psychometrics
b. whether the instrument consistently measures what you want it
to measure
SW 450 FINAL EXAM LATEST 2026-2027 ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
the TARGET BEHAVIOR is a Single Subject Design (SSD) is
generally:
a. the independent variable
b. the dependent variable
c. operationally defined
d. both b and c. - ANSWER-both the dependent variable and
operationally defined.
Which of the following is NOT a positive aspect of a SSD?
a. they can be used to engage clients in the intervention process.
b. the results are generalizable to other subjects
c. they provide some evidence regarding a subject's progress or
lack of progress in treatment.
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d. they can easily be incorporated into practice - ANSWER-b. the
results are generalizable to other subjects
the main difference between experimental and quasi-experimental
designs is that experimental designs require:
a. random assignment to groups
b. pre-test and post-test measures
c. operationally defined variables.
d. all of the above. - ANSWER-a. random assignment to groups.
You are a researcher studying work-place improvements to
increase worker morale. You do a pre-test measure of morale for
50 workers at an agency using the Worker Morale Inventory
(WMI), implement your intervention of morale building activities,
and then do a post-test measure of morale with them using the
WMI. What design are you implementing?
AB design
the class experimental design
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the one-group post-test only design
the one-group pre-test/post-test design - ANSWER-d. 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 your first WMI measure, what threat to internal validity might
affect your study results?
a. history
b. mortality
c. both history and mortality
d. none of the above - ANSWER-both history and mortality
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?
a. instrumentation
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b. testing
c. selection
d. history - ANSWER-a. instrumentation
You are the researcher conducting the study described in
question 7. If you are including ALL of the agency employees in
your study, which threat to internal validity is LEAST LIKELY to
affect your study results.
a. selection
b. testing
c. history
d. maturation. - ANSWER-a. selection
Reliability and validity of a research instrument refer to:
a. the instrument's psychometrics
b. whether the instrument consistently measures what you want it
to measure
