A study is conducted to test the hypothesis that cognitive behavioral therapy is more effective than eclectic therapy in alleviating the severity trauma symptoms among female victims of rape. Clients are assigned to one or the other of the foregoing two therapies based on which seems most appropriate for them in light of a thorough, reliable and valid clinical assessment. The severity of trauma
symptoms is measured before and after treatment, using a valid and unbiased form of measurement. Which of the following statements is/are true about this study?
a. The design enables us to rule out plausible alternative explanations for differences in outcome between the two treatment groups.
b. It uses an experimental design.
c. Both a and b above are true.
d. It is a quasi-experiment that is vulnerable to a selectivity bias.
D
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.A family comes in for psychotherapy reporting that there are problems with communication and
substance abuse. The mother is a social work researcher and it helps for her to depict the issues within the context of research methods. Therefore, she explains that there is a negative relationship between frequency of communication and frequency of substance use. Which example illustrates this relationship? a) Communication increases and substance use increases b) Communication decreases and substance use decreases c) Communication decreases and substance abuse increases d) Communication remains constant and substance abuse increases
In Jennifer Keeton vs. Augusta State University, the federal appeals court: a. upheld the decision that the university was justified in dismissing Ward for violating provisions of the code ofethics that prohibit discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender, genderidentity, disability, marital status/partnership, language preference, or socioeconomic
status. b. upheld the right of the university to enforce standards expected of students in a counseling program, evenwhen a student objects on religious grounds. c. upheld the decision that the university was not justified in dismissing Ward for violating provisions of the codeof ethics. d. decided the university did not have the right to enforce standards expected of students in a counselingprogram, even when a student objects on religious grounds.
The traditional single-subject design used by social workers is:
a. Experimental design. b. Longitudinal design. c. A-B design. d. Pretest/posttest design.