A false positive refers to the phenomenon of participants dropping out of a research study
because they have benefited in some way or perhaps because they lose interest.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
ANS: F
PG: 65–66
Feedback: A threat to validity involves attrition. During the course of a research study,
some participants may discontinue. Some participants choose to leave the study because
they have benefited in some way or perhaps because they lose interest, and some leave
because they experience the procedures as aversive, offensive, or harmful
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a. negative but they can have positive and negative effects on relationship processes. b. harmful, but they do affect engagement and communication processes. c. positive, but they can help social workers engage with clients. d. productive, but they can help clients believe that change can happen.
A social work researcher has an ethical obligation to:
A. protect his or her research participants. B. ensure politicians that the research is good. C. ensure if a university is involved that they get credit. D. pay the participants
The spread of telephone answering machines and cell phones has improved the representativeness of data collected by telephone surveys
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The principle of _____ suggests that people have a right to equal treatment unless a disparity of power or
capacity warrants differential treatment.
A. autonomy B. beneficence C. nonmaleficence D. justice