SW 450 Midterm Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) uses research to promote: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-more effective practice | |
What is the first step in an evidence-based process or in developing a research
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proposal? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-formulating an answerable question.
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Which response best describes a null hypothesis? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-It
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predicts that there is no relationship between study variables.
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Consider a study in which a program based on behavioral theory is being used to
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intervene with truant adolescents. Which of the following might be the
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dependent variable in the study? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-attendance.
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In a study involving parenting skills being taught to parents who have been
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identified as "at risk" for child abuse or neglect; which of the following would not
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be considered an independent variable? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Future reports
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of child abuse or neglect.
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What types of studies are designed to test hypotheses? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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explanatory
,The strongest evidence to guide a practitioner in using evidence-based practice
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comes from what type of studies? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Meta-analyses of
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randomized control trials. | |
Which of the following components of a research study would not be included in
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the proposal to conduct the study? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Findings.
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What is the purpose of conducting a literature review? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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To determine what is already known about the topic you are proposing to study.
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Operational definitions of variables - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-are precise
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descriptions of how study variables are being measured. | | | | | | |
In human subjects protection, vulnerable populations include: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-all of the above: | | | |
-minors
-persons who are deemed mentally incompetent
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-prisoners
Which of the following studies would not require approval from an Institutional
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Review Board (IRB)? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A review of journal articles in Social
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Work
When you as the researcher are the only person who will see what responses
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have come from a study participant, that information is said to be: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-confidential
,The target behavior in a Single Subject Design (SSD) is generally: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-both b and c: | | | |
-the dependent variable
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-operationally defined |
Which of the following is not a positive aspect of a SSD? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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The results are generalizeable to other subjects
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The main difference between experimental and quasi-experimental designs is
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that experimental designs require: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-random assignment
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to groups
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You are a researcher studying work-place improvements to increase worker
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morale. You do a pre-test measure of morale for 50 workers at an agency using
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the Worker Morale Inventory (WMI), implement your intervention of morale
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building activities and then do a post-test measure of morale with them using the
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WMI. What design are you implementing? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The one-
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group pre-test/post-test design.
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You are the researcher conducting the study described in question 7. If the
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agency had to lay off several staff members after your first WMI measure, what
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threat to internal validity might affect your study results? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Both a and b: | | | |
- history
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-mortality
, You are the researcher conducting the study described in question 7. If you used
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the WMI for the pre-test, but decided to use the Workplace Burnout Scale (WBS)
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for the post-test, what threat to internal validity might affect your study results? -
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|CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Instrumentation |
You are the researcher conducting the study described in question 7. If you are
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including all of the agency employees in the your study, which threat to internal
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validity is least likely to affect your study results? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Selection
Probability sampling includes: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-random selection of
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subjects
If you were implementing a probability sampling design and wanted to make sure
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|that the exact proportion of BSW, MSW, DSW, and PhD level social workers were
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represented in the sample, what type of design would you be implementing? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Stratified random sampling | | |
What is the term used to describe the list of every person or unit eligible to be
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contacted in a survey? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The sampling frame
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The results of a survey show that 65% of clients are "highly satisfied" with
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services at an agency. If there is a 5% margin of error reported for this survey,
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what is the actual or true percentage of "highly satisfied" clients? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Between 60% and 70% | | |
Which approach to conducting a survey is the most labor intensive? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Personal interview |
Answers
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 question.
| | | | | |
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 the
| | | | | | | | | | |
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 variable? - 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 trials. | |
Which of the following components of a 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: | | | |
-minors
-persons who are deemed mentally incompetent
| | | | | |
-prisoners
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
| | |
-operationally defined |
Which of the following is not a positive aspect of a SSD? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
The results are generalizeable to other subjects
| | | | | |
The main difference between experimental and quasi-experimental designs is
| | | | | | | | |
that experimental designs require: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-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? - 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 your first WMI measure, what
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
threat to internal validity might affect your study results? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Both a and b: | | | |
- history
|
-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? -
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
|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 your study, which threat to internal
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
validity is least likely to affect your study results? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | | | |
Selection
Probability sampling includes: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-random selection of
| | | | | | | |
subjects
If you were implementing a probability sampling design and wanted to make sure
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|that the exact proportion of BSW, MSW, DSW, and PhD level social workers were
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
represented in the sample, what type of design would you be implementing? -
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Stratified random sampling | | |
What is the term used to describe the list of every person or unit eligible to be
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
contacted in a survey? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The sampling frame
| | | | | | | |
The results of a survey show that 65% of clients are "highly satisfied" with
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
services at an agency. If there is a 5% margin of error reported for this survey,
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
what is the actual or true percentage of "highly satisfied" clients? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Between 60% and 70% | | |
Which approach to conducting a survey is the most labor intensive? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Personal interview |
