Which of the following refers to a sampling technique used when the intent is to draw a sample that represents the overall population?

a. Snowball
b. Convenience
c. Purposive
d. Probability


d. Probability

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The poor laws in the colonies often used apprenticeship as a reflection of the desire to merge home, work and spiritual life of the child. They use apprenticeship for:

a) economy and Godliness b) economy and control c) economy and vocational aspiration d) economy and moral training

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Understanding the organizational structure of an agency is helpful for what reason?

A) ?The case manager will have a better understanding of his or her job responsibilities in the context of the agency. B) The case manager will have a better understanding of how to work around the agency's chain of command.? C) ?The case manager will have a better understanding of how clients might try to take advantage of the agency. D) ?The case manager will have a better understanding of the need for advocacy on behalf of the clients.

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In Wyatt v. Stickney (1971) and O'Connor v. Donaldson (1975), the Supreme Court ruled that ______.

A. a client could not be hospitalized against his or her will simply for having a mental illness and needing treatment; a more specific set of guidelines had to be met B. deinstitutionalization was a violation of the right to protection held by patients with mental illnesses C. mentally ill individuals could legally be stripped of their voting and firearm ownership rights D. the U.S. government was responsible for covering the mental health treatment expenses of soldiers returning from the Vietnam War and any future wars

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When parents are unable to resolve the conflicts between them, a common pattern is to continue to argue through the children. When father says mother is too permissive, she says he's too strict

He may in turn withdraw, and she responds to the child with excessive concern and devotion. The structural term which best describes the resulting family structure is: a. diffuse boundaries between husband and wife b. a cross-generational coalition between mother and child c. overinvolvement between father and child d. a pathological triangle

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