Which best summarizes the main goal of descriptive research?
A) Give a verbal or numerical (e.g., percentages) picture.
B) Advance knowledge about an underlying process or complete a theory.
C) Develop techniques and a sense of direction for future research.
D) Provide evidence to support or refute an explanation.
A
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Professor Perlman from question 4 found that textbook A contained the word "he" 80 times, whereas textbook B contained it 20 times. In addition, textbook A used the word "chairman" 16 times, whereas textbook B used it only 4 times. Perlman was correct in concluding that
a. textbook A was four times as sexist as textbook B. b. textbook B was one-fourth as sexist as textbook A. c. the words "he" and "chairman" appeared four times more in textbook A than in textbook B. d. all of these.
Three areas of social welfare policy which are primarily run by the states are _________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
One of the first theorists to study the stage of adolescents and who in 1904 described adolescents
as possessing a "lack of emotional steadiness, violent impulses, unreasonable conduct, lack of enthusiasm and sympathy" was A) Jean Piaget B) Erik Erikson C) Sigmund Freud D) G Stanley Hall
The theoretical model most consistent with the social work "person-in-environment" perspective is
the __________________. a) biopsychosocial model of addiction b) sociocultural model of addiction c) the disease model d) social learning model