Describe the elements involved in using research and evaluation to determine a counselor’s or a program’s effectiveness.

What will be an ideal response?


Response needs to include discussion of several of the following factors: determine purpose; use valid measurement; evaluation depends on accurate application of measurement; obtain input from all people involved in the program; include feedback and follow-through; should be planned and continuous; and should be sensitive to politics of the organization

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Explain and discuss the effects of economic globalization on the institutions of government and economics in the United States as illustrated by contemporary trends in these areas. Why is it important for social workers to become observers of trends in the social world?

What will be an ideal response?

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Several studies have found that one way that skilled consultants differ from less skilled consultants is that skilled consultants:

a. are more focused on consultee feelings and attitudes b. spend more time devising an intervention plan c. spend more time defining the problem d. validate the consultee's contributions more frequently

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

Social workers are not mandated to report an incident of child abuse that they hear about when they are off-duty.

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Which of the following is a function for a scatterplot?

a. To depict two scores across a single group of people b. To show the plot of two independent variables with two independent samples c. To show the plot of a number of variables on a subject d. To depict two or more variables on the abscissa

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