Quantitative research often depends on building knowledge through:
a. statistical analysis
b. deduction and statistical analysis.
c. deduction.
d. induction.
b
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Virginia and her colleagues have been administering surveys to social welfare policy makers for the
purpose of explaining the impact of the state's budget on affordable dental care. One question on the survey states, "identify the duration (in years) that you spent creating, implementing, or evaluating social policies." Subsequent responses to this question are: 0 to 1 years, 2 to 5 years, 6 to 10 years, 11 to 15 years, and more than 15 years. What level of measurement is this question? a) Prenominal b) Nominal c) Ordinal d) Interval/ratio
_____ is defined as the act of directly representing or defending others? in social work, it is championing the rights of
individuals or communities through direct intervention or through empowerment.
a. Brokering b. Facilitation c. Mediation d. Advocacy
Stanley Milgram studied the extent to which ordinary people would be willing to inflict pain on another human. Which of the following describes a potential ethical problem from his famous experiment?
a. Participants were led to believe that they were administering real shocks, and this could have been an ethical breach because a researcher should never lie to participants. b. A confederate was used, and utilizing an actor in an experiment could have been unethical. c. The researcher inflicted considerable distress on participants. d. Participants were forced to participate and were not permitted to drop out.
The explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about social work practice is called
A. outcome assessment B. evidence-based practice C. practice evaluation D. single-system research