Kai Erikson went to Buffalo Creek, West Virginia in 1972 following a highly destructive flood. Based on his interviews with residents and after spending considerable time in Buffalo Creek, Erikson theorized that the damage to the social ties in the community caused by natural disasters were just as destructive as the physical damage to the affected community. Erikson's study is a good example of what kind of research?
a. Descriptive
b. Exploratory
c. Explanatory
d. Deductive
e. Inductive
e. Inductive
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The first person to write an article on the use of focus groups, or focused interview was ________
A) Y.R. Zarchin B) Paul Lazarsfeld C) C. L. Adler D) Robert K. Merton
You are planning to evaluate a program which provides in?home services to families where
the child is at risk of placement. The population under study is all families referred to the agency where the child is at risk of placement. For your sample, you select those families who would seem to benefit most from an in?home program. This is referred to as
a. purposive sample b. simple random sample c. quota sample
Which of the following policy innovations is most likely to be implemented?
a. A noncontroversial policy that can be enacted by one agency. b. A policy that needs considerable resources, but does not change the status quo. c. A vague policy that requires cooperation between different agencies. d. A policy that has many, clearly defined tasks.
A person who believed the “pauperization” argument would be strongly opposed to
A. giving cash relief to the poor. B. civil rights legislation. C. Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty. D. providing education or training to end poverty.