A researcher has experience using quantitative data analysis but has become disillusioned because she
believes that quantitative methods do not explore the complexities of most social phenomenon.
Therefore, she decides to get more experience with qualitative research methods by collaborating
with other social work researchers who have vast knowledge of qualitative designs. Which type of
data are the researchers most likely analyzing?
a) Newspapers
b) Beck's depression scales
c) Likert scales
d) Interval variables
a
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In social work, social workers' "integrity" includes:
A) ?treating only their colleagues respectfully. B) ?presenting themselves and their credentials accurately. C) ?using various forms of misrepresentation to help clients. D) involving clients as allies in agency disputes.
Jacob developed a pure model of the "college student." He identified several characteristics that make up this
picture of a hypothetical student. Next, he examined many college students and compared them to his idealized model. He discovered that students at private colleges fit the model better than students at public colleges. He also learned that women fit the model better than men and that the model fits students from small towns better than those from large cities, suburbs, or rural areas. He used A) successive approximation. B) domain analysis. C) ideal type analysis. D) illustrative method.
A nurse is an example of which category?
a. professional b. generalist c. nonprofessional d. volunteer
Which of the following statements is true of explanatory hypotheses?
A. A social worker should provide professionally based explanatory hypotheses about how personal and situational factors influence issues and vice versa after hearing client-generated hypotheses. B. A social worker should always provide professionally based explanatory hypotheses about how needs and problems affect people and circumstances during the contracting phase. C. A social worker should not provide explanatory hypotheses in the assessing stage. D. A social worker should focus on System 1 thinking rather than System 2 thinking while formulating explanatory hypotheses.