Alice wants to better understand homophobia; she wants to design a
scale that would be a good measure of this concept. She remembers
from a research class that she may need to use a more indirect
method, in trying to get honest answers.
What type of scaling is she
using?
A. Likert
B. Thurstone
C. semantic differential
D. GAS
C
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When is non-probability sample appropriate to be used?
a. When the population is too diverse. b. When representativeness of your sample is not important to your research. c. When you hope to use oversampling techniques. d. When you only need a relatively small sample.
When a certain act is being evaluated to determine its ethical nature, Kitchener's model would have the evaluators ask whether the professional acted with
a. independence, good will, self-determination, and judicial prudence. b. autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice. c. good intentions, clear intent, best interest, and no intentional harm. d. Regard to all parties, clear intent, respect for the profession, good will.
When social work researcher W. David Harrison explained burnout among social workers on
the basis of role theory, he was using:
a. inductive reasoning. b. deductive reasoning. c. common sense reasoning. d. experiential knowledge.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
Failure to address injustices that exist within a group’s environmental or social context can halt the group’s development.