Milo wants to survey college freshmen about their alcohol use. He stands outside of a fraternity house and surveys people entering the house. This situation is an example of
A) accidental sampling.
B) purposive sampling.
C) snowball sampling.
D) quota sampling.
A
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A) ?explore family situations B) ?examine options such as probation C) ?refer children to special juvenile institutions D) ?all of the above
The clinical director of a not for profit agency wants to conduct a needs assessment for consumers in
the rural portions of the county. She proposes this idea to the board of directors, and they in-turn want more information on what the needs assessment will accomplish. What can the clinical director communicate about the purpose of the needs assessment? a) Documentation of the systematic needs for rural consumers b) Understand what else needs to be done at the agency to meet the consumers' needs c) Documentation of met and unmet needs of the rural consumers d) Understand the needs of the staff that serve rural consumers
Students in a social work research methods course are struggling with an assignment on assessing
their personal philosophies for conducting research. Some students infer that the concepts are abstract and more instruction is needed. What information can the course instructor provide to help with this dilemma? a) Contact information for religious institutions b) How you write your papers may impact this decision c) Your grades may impact this decision d) The social environment dictates philosophy
A structural explanation is when
A) a researcher describes a chain of cause and effect as being like a string of balls in a row such that hitting one causes it to hit another and so forth. B) a researcher attempts to comprehend or mentally grasp the social world in terms of the subjective world view of other people. C) a researcher explains something of interest by identifying its cause or causes. D) a researcher uses an interconnected Web of concepts and relationships around a central idea or describes a sequence of phases in which one occurs before the next.