SW 450 Midterm Exam 2026 | All Questions
and Correct Answers | Verified Answers |
Brand New Version | Social Work
Which of the following studies would NOT require approval from an institutional
review board (IRB)?
a review of client records in a hospital setting
a review of client records at a social work agency
a review of journal articles in a social work magazine
none of them would require IRB approval since they don't involve direct
interaction with human subjects ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------a review
of journal articles in a social work magazine
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:
a. informed consent
b. confidential
c. public domain
d. anonymous ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------b. confidential
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. ---------CORRECT 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.
d. they can easily be incorporated into practice ---------CORRECT 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. ---------CORRECT 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
the one-group post-test only design
the one-group pre-test/post-test design ---------CORRECT 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 ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------both history and
mortality
and Correct Answers | Verified Answers |
Brand New Version | Social Work
Which of the following studies would NOT require approval from an institutional
review board (IRB)?
a review of client records in a hospital setting
a review of client records at a social work agency
a review of journal articles in a social work magazine
none of them would require IRB approval since they don't involve direct
interaction with human subjects ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------a review
of journal articles in a social work magazine
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:
a. informed consent
b. confidential
c. public domain
d. anonymous ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------b. confidential
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. ---------CORRECT 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.
d. they can easily be incorporated into practice ---------CORRECT 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. ---------CORRECT 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
the one-group post-test only design
the one-group pre-test/post-test design ---------CORRECT 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 ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------both history and
mortality
