In which of the following instances is social desirability bias most likely to pose a problem to the validity of research data?
a. Asking college student participants to rate the intelligence of their peers anonymously.
b. Asking child participants about which toy they enjoyed playing with the most.
c. Asking adult participants about what they would do in certain situations if there were no legal consequences.
d. Asking college student participants for their feedback on a textbook.
Answer: c. Asking adult participants about what they would do in certain situations if there were no legal consequences.
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Determine the number of degrees of freedom among the subgroups.
A. 2
B. 3
C. 6
D. 12
Funding for social services in your state is being challenged, and many in the legislature seem to want to cut funding. If you were to make the argument before a state committee that social welfare services were both legitimate and necessary, but need to
be delivered in an efficient and coordinated system, you are most like to be: a. An executive in a human services corporation. b. A welfare bureaucrat. c. A clinical entrepreneur. d. An officer in a nonprofit organization.
Which of the following statements is most like to reflect the viewpoint of a liberal social activist?
a. The corporate profit motive is a strong incentive for human service corporations to develop innovative social service delivery mechanisms to become more efficient. b. Private practice social work is not fully compatible with a professional commitment to the social welfare of disadvantage people. c. By mimicking the best practices of the business world, privatization is likely to improve the delivery of social welfare services. d. Privatization of social welfare services leverages the access to private capital in a what that public financing cannot.
______ is credited with establishing social work in medical settings and developing a hospital-based social work department at Massachusetts General Hospital
a. Mary Jarrett b. Ida Cannon c. Mary Richmond d. Dorthea Dix