Chapter One/Two Social Work Research

A social work research question can emerge from which of the following

A researcher's own experience Other research Social theory Request from a government agency

Using experimental design design methods to study, a research question enhances

Causal validity

The executive director of a community center requests an assessment of how youth in the neighborhood spend their leisure time, including what after school activities they attend and what type of sports activities they prefer. She has asked for which type of research to be conducted:

Descriptive

Theory is defined as a pattern found in existing data.

False

The social worker at the local mental health center noticed that clients whose workers were female were more compliant with their medications than those whose workers were male. He concluded that female workers are more nurturing and therefore, their clients are more likely to comply with treatment. This error in reasoning is

Overgeneralization

The idea that there is an objective reality that exists separately from those that observe it is:

Positivist

The everyday error that involves choosing to look at things that are in line with our own preferences or beliefs is called

Selective observation

Evaluation researchers ask questions about

The implementation of social policies The impact of social service programs The effects of social policies

Deductive research involves deriving specific expectations from general theoretical premises

True

When the findings of a study accurately represent empirical reality, the results are said to be valid.

True