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SW 650 FINAL & MIDTERM EXAM LATEST 2026-2027 ACTUAL EXAM
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
Which response best describes ethical guidelines for
researchers? - ANSWER-- They are primarily meant to protect
human subjects.
Developing your own data-collection instruments is appropriate
when you are: - ANSWER-- unable to locate instruments that
meet your study needs.
Proposals for conducting research involving human subjects in
any treatment facility generally must be approved by what body? -
ANSWER-- An institutional review board (IRB)
Single-subject designs (SSDs) are studies of individual cases that
usually record and graph that individual's status in regard to a
target behavior. A target behavior should: - ANSWER-- always be
monitored over time in order to observe any changes.
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Two research assistants are using the same scale to rate study
subjects' level of functioning. If you examine the extent to which
they agree, what are you assessing? - ANSWER-- Inter-rater
reliability
You have designed a scale to measure fathers' attitudes about
their roles and responsibilities as parents. You ask two groups of
men to complete your scale: a group identified as "deadbeat
dads" and a second group of stay-at-home "Mr. Moms."
Theoretically, these two groups should have scores that differ
significantly. You are trying to establish your scale's: - ANSWER--
construct validity.
Operational definitions are precise descriptions of - ANSWER--
study variables
What is external validity of a study? - ANSWER-- Its
generalizability of findings or results
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Which response best describes a directional hypothesis? -
ANSWER-- It predicts a positive or negative relationship between
two or more variables.
Independent variables are variables that are assumed to: -
ANSWER-- have an effect on the dependent variable(s).
The B in an AB design indicates which phase of the study? -
ANSWER-- Intervention
Which of the following is not a good way to protect the
confidentiality of study subjects? - ANSWER-- Revising or
changing data on individual clients
Which threat to internal validity could be identified if different
methods were used by the researcher for the measurement of
pre-test and post-test observations? - ANSWER-- None of these
are correct; this would be a threat to external validity.
SW 650 FINAL & MIDTERM EXAM LATEST 2026-2027 ACTUAL EXAM
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
Which response best describes ethical guidelines for
researchers? - ANSWER-- They are primarily meant to protect
human subjects.
Developing your own data-collection instruments is appropriate
when you are: - ANSWER-- unable to locate instruments that
meet your study needs.
Proposals for conducting research involving human subjects in
any treatment facility generally must be approved by what body? -
ANSWER-- An institutional review board (IRB)
Single-subject designs (SSDs) are studies of individual cases that
usually record and graph that individual's status in regard to a
target behavior. A target behavior should: - ANSWER-- always be
monitored over time in order to observe any changes.
,2|Page
Two research assistants are using the same scale to rate study
subjects' level of functioning. If you examine the extent to which
they agree, what are you assessing? - ANSWER-- Inter-rater
reliability
You have designed a scale to measure fathers' attitudes about
their roles and responsibilities as parents. You ask two groups of
men to complete your scale: a group identified as "deadbeat
dads" and a second group of stay-at-home "Mr. Moms."
Theoretically, these two groups should have scores that differ
significantly. You are trying to establish your scale's: - ANSWER--
construct validity.
Operational definitions are precise descriptions of - ANSWER--
study variables
What is external validity of a study? - ANSWER-- Its
generalizability of findings or results
, 3|Page
Which response best describes a directional hypothesis? -
ANSWER-- It predicts a positive or negative relationship between
two or more variables.
Independent variables are variables that are assumed to: -
ANSWER-- have an effect on the dependent variable(s).
The B in an AB design indicates which phase of the study? -
ANSWER-- Intervention
Which of the following is not a good way to protect the
confidentiality of study subjects? - ANSWER-- Revising or
changing data on individual clients
Which threat to internal validity could be identified if different
methods were used by the researcher for the measurement of
pre-test and post-test observations? - ANSWER-- None of these
are correct; this would be a threat to external validity.
