The Great Depression caused many shifts in beliefs about the poor. The only one that the Depression did not cause was that:

a. poverty in most cases was a result more of structural factors than of personal failings.
b. the same factors that cause poverty during hard times also cause some people to be poor during times of economic prosperity.
c. the private sector can’t handle massive need.
d. none of the above.


b. the same factors that cause poverty during hard times also cause some people to be poor during times of economic prosperity.

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According to the conventions discussed in the text, social researchers would be least

inclined to reject a null hypothesis if a test showed which of the following alpha levels?

a. .10 b. .05 c. .001 d. the alpha levels specified in all of the answers would lead to rejection of the null hypothesis.

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The primary goals of historic family preservation programs included:

A. Reduce violence against child and adult family members and enhance well-being B. Provide services to children with multiple risks C. Assure safety, prevent placements, and improve family functioning D. Reunify children in out-of-home placement with their family

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In moving from the middle to termination phase of the practicum experience, you should have:

A. Completed half of Outcomes in learning plan B. Gained mastery of all the practice competencies C. Assumed full responsibility for a caseload D. Begun to develop plans for your termination for your practicum

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A _____ is described in the text as an experiment in which participants are randomly assigned to either a treatment or a control group, without the participant knowing which group they are in.

A. double helix study B. random access participation C. randomized control trial D. double anonymity case

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