Question 1

Which of the following statements is true regarding the influence of ethical considerations on social work research?

Accepted Answer

A) If a study violates any ethical guidelines, regardless of how subtle the violation is and regardless of the study's expected benefits, it will not be approved by an IRB. 
B) It is sometimes difficult to judge whether the expected benefits of a study outweigh subtle and arguable ethical concerns. 
C) Most agency studies that involve their clients as research participants do NOT require obtaining IRB approval. 
D) If a study is being done on clients who are court ordered for treatment, voluntary participation and informed consent are no longer relevant as an ethical issue. 
A) If a study violates any ethical guidelines, regardless of how subtle the violation is and regardless of the study's expected benefits, it will not be approved by an IRB. 
B) It is sometimes difficult to judge whether the expected benefits of a study outweigh subtle and arguable ethical concerns. 
C) Most agency studies that involve their clients as research participants do NOT require obtaining IRB approval. 
D) If a study is being done on clients who are court ordered for treatment, voluntary participation and informed consent are no longer relevant as an ethical issue. B

Question 2

Descriptive studies do NOT

Accepted Answer

A) study relationships between variables. 
B) tell why something occurred. 
C) use operational definitions. 
D) use concepts. 
E) Descriptive studies DO all of the above. 
A) study relationships between variables. 
B) tell why something occurred. 
C) use operational definitions. 
D) use concepts. 
E) Descriptive studies DO all of the above. B

Question 3

A study that attempts to develop an in-depth subjective understanding of a unique cult is being guided by what paradigm?

Accepted Answer

A) positivism. 
B) feminist research. 
C) interpretivism. 
D) critical social science. 
A) positivism. 
B) feminist research. 
C) interpretivism. 
D) critical social science. C

Question 4

Explanatory studies:

Accepted Answer

A) can employ qualitative, quantitative, and/or mixed methods. 
B) always use qualitative methods. 
C) always use quantitative methods. 
D) none of these. 
A) can employ qualitative, quantitative, and/or mixed methods. 
B) always use qualitative methods. 
C) always use quantitative methods. 
D) none of these.

Question 5

Mary chronicles people's attitudes toward an upcoming poverty program.Mary is doing explanatory research.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Contrast the inductive model of theory construction with the deductive model.Give examples of research that use each of these models.

Accepted Answer

The inductive model of theory constructi

Question 7

Descriptive research answers the question "what's so" and explanatory research answers the question "why."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Exploratory studies:

Accepted Answer

A) can employ qualitative, quantitative, and/or mixed methods. 
B) always use qualitative methods. 
C) always use quantitative methods. 
D) usually use quantitative methods. 
A) can employ qualitative, quantitative, and/or mixed methods. 
B) always use qualitative methods. 
C) always use quantitative methods. 
D) usually use quantitative methods.

Question 9

Discuss how two social work practice models might lead to different research studies about school social work with children who are disruptive in the classroom.

Accepted Answer

One social work practice model that migh

Question 10

Any organization wishing to receive federal research support must establish an IRB that reviews all of the organization's research proposals involving human participants and rules on their ethics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

A research study must choose between the inductive versus the deductive method; it cannot use both methods.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Evaluation studies:

Accepted Answer

A) are done for exploration purposes. 
B) are done for description purposes. 
C) al are done for explanation purposes. 
D) can be done for exploration, description or explanatory purposes. 
A) are done for exploration purposes. 
B) are done for description purposes. 
C) al are done for explanation purposes. 
D) can be done for exploration, description or explanatory purposes.

Question 13

A study that attempts to maximize precision and objectivity in testing whether an intervention reduces an undesirable behavior is being guided by what paradigm?

Accepted Answer

A) postmodernism. 
B) positivism. 
C) interpretivism. 
D) critical social science. 
A) postmodernism. 
B) positivism. 
C) interpretivism. 
D) critical social science.

Question 14

A study of how the same clients discharged from a mental hospital in 2000 were functioning in 2001,2002,2003,and so on through 2007 would be

Accepted Answer

A) an inductive study 
B) a qualitative study 
C) a longitudinal study 
D) a cross-sectional study 
A) an inductive study 
B) a qualitative study 
C) a longitudinal study 
D) a cross-sectional study

Question 15

Explain the differences between the interpretivist and critical theory paradigms.

Accepted Answer

The interpretivist and critical theory p

Question 16

Discuss exploratory,descriptive and explanatory purposes for doing research.Describe a social work research study that illustrates each purpose.

Accepted Answer

Exploratory research is conducted to exp

Question 17

A theory is

Accepted Answer

A) a paradigm 
B) a hypothesis 
C) a systematic set of interrelated statements intended to explain something 
D) All of these 
A) a paradigm 
B) a hypothesis 
C) a systematic set of interrelated statements intended to explain something 
D) All of these

Question 18

If a researcher wanted to know why there was a noticeable increase in the number of reported incidents of child abuse in the town of Southpaw during 2005,the researcher would design

Accepted Answer

A) a descriptive study. 
B) an explanatory study. 
C) a trend study. 
D) a longitudinal study. 
E) an exploratory study. 
A) a descriptive study. 
B) an explanatory study. 
C) a trend study. 
D) a longitudinal study. 
E) an exploratory study.

Question 19

Descriptive studies:

Accepted Answer

A) can employ qualitative, quantitative, and/or mixed methods. 
B) always use qualitative methods. 
C) always use quantitative methods. 
D) none of these 
A) can employ qualitative, quantitative, and/or mixed methods. 
B) always use qualitative methods. 
C) always use quantitative methods. 
D) none of these

Question 20

Alex interviews the same survivors of a hurricane immediately after the hurricane and then again at 3 month intervals over two years to see how the effects of the hurricane on them change over time.Alex is conducting a:

Accepted Answer

A) trend study. 
B) cohort study 
C) panel study. 
D) cross-sectional study. 
A) trend study. 
B) cohort study 
C) panel study. 
D) cross-sectional study.

Which of the following statements is true regarding the influence of ethical considerations on social work research?

Descriptive studies do NOT

A study that attempts to develop an in-depth subjective understanding of a unique cult is being guided by what paradigm?

Explanatory studies:

Mary chronicles people's attitudes toward an upcoming poverty program.Mary is doing explanatory research.

Contrast the inductive model of theory construction with the deductive model.Give examples of research that use each of these models.

Descriptive research answers the question "what's so" and explanatory research answers the question "why."

Exploratory studies:

Discuss how two social work practice models might lead to different research studies about school social work with children who are disruptive in the classroom.

Any organization wishing to receive federal research support must establish an IRB that reviews all of the organization's research proposals involving human participants and rules on their ethics.

A research study must choose between the inductive versus the deductive method; it cannot use both methods.

Evaluation studies:

A study that attempts to maximize precision and objectivity in testing whether an intervention reduces an undesirable behavior is being guided by what paradigm?

A study of how the same clients discharged from a mental hospital in 2000 were functioning in 2001,2002,2003,and so on through 2007 would be

Explain the differences between the interpretivist and critical theory paradigms.

Discuss exploratory,descriptive and explanatory purposes for doing research.Describe a social work research study that illustrates each purpose.

A theory is

If a researcher wanted to know why there was a noticeable increase in the number of reported incidents of child abuse in the town of Southpaw during 2005,the researcher would design

Descriptive studies:

Alex interviews the same survivors of a hurricane immediately after the hurricane and then again at 3 month intervals over two years to see how the effects of the hurricane on them change over time.Alex is conducting a:

Why Study Research?

Evidence-Based Practice: The Research Process

Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods of Inquiry

Ethical Issues in Social Work Research

Culturally Competent Research

Problem Formulation

Measurement in Quantitative and Qualitative Inquiry

Quantitative and Qualitative Measurement Instruments

Surveys

Sampling: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches

Experiments and Quasi-Experiments

Single Case Evaluation Designs

Program Evaluation

Additional Methods in Qualitative Inquiry

Analyzing Available Records: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods

Quantitative Data Analysis

Qualitative Data Analysis

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Exam 4: Factors Influencing the Research Process

Which of the following statements is true regarding the influence of ethical considerations on social work research?

Descriptive studies do NOT

A study that attempts to develop an in-depth subjective understanding of a unique cult is being guided by what paradigm?

Explanatory studies:

Mary chronicles people's attitudes toward an upcoming poverty program.Mary is doing explanatory research.

Contrast the inductive model of theory construction with the deductive model.Give examples of research that use each of these models.

Descriptive research answers the question "what's so" and explanatory research answers the question "why."

Exploratory studies:

Discuss how two social work practice models might lead to different research studies about school social work with children who are disruptive in the classroom.

Any organization wishing to receive federal research support must establish an IRB that reviews all of the organization's research proposals involving human participants and rules on their ethics.

A research study must choose between the inductive versus the deductive method; it cannot use both methods.

Evaluation studies:

A study that attempts to maximize precision and objectivity in testing whether an intervention reduces an undesirable behavior is being guided by what paradigm?

A study of how the same clients discharged from a mental hospital in 2000 were functioning in 2001,2002,2003,and so on through 2007 would be

Explain the differences between the interpretivist and critical theory paradigms.

Discuss exploratory,descriptive and explanatory purposes for doing research.Describe a social work research study that illustrates each purpose.

A theory is

If a researcher wanted to know why there was a noticeable increase in the number of reported incidents of child abuse in the town of Southpaw during 2005,the researcher would design

Descriptive studies:

Alex interviews the same survivors of a hurricane immediately after the hurricane and then again at 3 month intervals over two years to see how the effects of the hurricane on them change over time.Alex is conducting a:

Why Study Research?

Evidence-Based Practice: The Research Process

Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods of Inquiry

Ethical Issues in Social Work Research

Culturally Competent Research

Problem Formulation

Measurement in Quantitative and Qualitative Inquiry

Quantitative and Qualitative Measurement Instruments

Surveys

Sampling: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches

Experiments and Quasi-Experiments

Single Case Evaluation Designs

Program Evaluation

Additional Methods in Qualitative Inquiry

Analyzing Available Records: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods

Quantitative Data Analysis

Qualitative Data Analysis

Filters