Exam 14: Applied Social Research

The findings from the focal research by Harrison and Norton-Hawk revealed that women in prisons in Ecuador experienced hardships that were no different than the hardships experienced by women in the U.S.

Impact analysis seeks to determine the utility of programs or treatments.

Most social research

Process evaluations or implementation studies provide information about

Basic research is intended to be immediately useful to program managers and policy makers.

What was the program used for evaluation in the focal research by Harrison and Norton-Hawk?

Which of the following is not a question typically asked in a cost effectiveness study?

Stakeholders are individuals or groups who participate in or have an interest in a program or a policy.Stakeholders can include program staff,funders,program participants,legislators,community groups,parents,and others.In the hypothetical case of a one-year intensive special reading program that is designed to increase the reading skills of third grade students at the Grant Urban Elementary School,discuss how and why these various stakeholders might react to an evaluation study that found that the program was not producing any significant improvement in students' reading skills.Be sure to consider the point of view of as many stakeholders as possible (e.g.,teachers,parents,school board officials,students,business community members,etc.)What might different stakeholders say about the evaluation study itself?

By the end of an outcome evaluation,researchers should be able to

There are basically two kinds of evaluation: outcome evaluations and cost-benefit evaluations.

In participatory action research,the researcher must be intimately involved in the community.

Typically,evaluation research is intended to

Ethical concerns in applied research

In participatory action research,research groups are usually composed of

Evaluation research is distinguished from basic research by

Unlike other kinds of applied research,participatory action research engages the subjects in all aspects of the research process.

Cost-benefit analysis weighs both the direct and indirect expenditures of a program against the direct and indirect benefits of a program.

Most social research is exclusively applied or basic research.

If the independent variable affects the dependent variable,this is called a________hypothesis.

Participatory action research