Chapter 3 & 4 example #62382

Which of the following statements is/are true about the research process?

Compared to quantitative studies, qualitative studies are more likely to:​ a. be inductive. b.​ have a larger sample size. c. use less time consuming data collection methods. d.​ Ask close-ended questions. e. All of the above.

Interpretivist paradigms are more likely to be used in qualitative studies than in quantitative studies.​ (T/F)

Which of the following designs signifies a mixed-methods study that emphasizes qualitative methods but with quantitative methods being implemented first?

Mixed-methods research has fallen out of favor in recent years. (T/F)

Which of the following is an attribute? a. Religion. b. Female. c. Occupation.​ d. Socioeconomic status.

"African American" is a variable that has the attribute of "ethnicity." (T/F)

If the job turnover rate among child welfare workers with social work degrees is 10 percent per year, while the turnover rate among their counterparts without social work degrees is 50 percent per year, then a relationship exists between type of degree and turnover rate. (T/F)

The empowerment paradigm focuses on using research to empower oppressed groups.​ (T/F)

Comparing ideologies and paradigms, which of the following is true?​ a. a paradigm organizes our observations and makes sense of them. b. an ideology is a closed system of values and beliefs. c. a paradigm does not tell us the answer. d. paradigms are frequently discarded. e. All are true except D.

In reality, everything in human behavior can be explained entirely by factors we can identify.​ (T/F)

Marxism is an example of

In deduction we start from observed data and develop a generalization that explains the relationship between the observed concepts.​ (T/F)

Contemporary positivists pursue objectivity in assessing social reality, but recognize that observation and measurement cannot be as purely objective as the ideal image that science implies.​ (T/F)

A probabilistic explanation takes the form:

Which of the following is/are a reason for using mixed methods?

Which of the following statements is TRUE about qualitative and quantitative research methods?​

Research procedures are more likely to be specified in advance in qualitative studies than in quantitative studies.​ (T/F)

Which of the following is/are an example of a qualitative research question? ​ a. How does feel to be homeless? b. How many clients receiving our agency services are homeless? c. How effective is our agency in reducing homelessness? d. All of the above.

Which of the following statements is/are true about theory: of services.​ a. It is a set of paradigms. b. It is a set of values. c. It a systematic set of interrelated statements that can help make sense of patterns in diverse observations.

The nomothetic model is inevitably probabilistic in its approach to causation. (T/F)

Researchers must choose either deductive methods or inductive methods; they cannot use both when studying the same research question.​ (T/F)

Data analysis tends to be more time-consuming in qualitative studies than in quantitative studies.​ (T/F)

Which of the following statements is/are true about subjectivity in social work research?​ a. It should be minimized in all studies, regardless of the research question. b. It should be avoided in mixed methods studies, only. c. Subjective inquiry can be complimentary with objective inquiry.

Many qualitative studies use more than one qualitative research method, while quantitative studies use only one research method.​ (T/F)

The idiographic model seeks to understand everything about a particular case, through the use of as many causative factors as possible. (T/F)

In the hypothesis, "Parental praise increases child self-esteem, level of self-esteem is the dependent variable.​ (T/F)

The expectation that increased education leads to a reduction in prejudice illustrates a. a relationship between variables. b. the notion of causation. c. the associations that might logically be expected to exist between particular attributes of different variables. d. a hypothesis. e. all of the above.

Which of the following statements is/are true about the hypothesis: Child welfare workers with social work degrees have a are more effective in preventing child maltreatment than are child welfare workers without a social work degree?​ a. Type of degree is the dependent variable. b. Child maltreatment is the independent variable. c. Social workers is a variable. d. All of the above are true. e. None of the above is true.

Which of the following statements is/are true about qualitative and quantitative research methods? a. Many studies use one or the other approach exclusively. b. Some studies use both approaches with an equal emphasis on each. c. Some studies use both approaches, but put more emphasis on one approach than the other. d. All of the above.

Mixed-methods studies cannot put an equal emphasis on both quantitative and qualitative methods; they must emphasize one or the other type of methods. (T/F)

Problem formulation is the last phase of the research process in mixed-methods studies.​ (T/F)

Which of the following best illustrates the idiographic model?​ a. A study of one client, seeking to understand the causes of the client's problems and what is effective in helping the client. b. A study of 200 clients, seeking to generalize about whether ethnicity is related to premature termination of services. c. Quantitative studies using graphs of population trends. ion of services. d. Studies that reject the idea of determinism. ion of services.

Which of the following is/are an aim of qualitative studies? a. Deeper understanding. b. Generating hypotheses. c. Discovery. d. All of the above.

Mixed-methods studies cannot implement quantitative and qualitative methods concurrently; they must start with one or the other.​ (T/F)

Which of the following is/are an example of a quantitative research question?​ a. What proportion of returning combat veterans have a substance use disorder? b. How many clients receiving our agency services are homeless? c. How effective is our agency in reducing homelessness? d. All of the above.

Research studies that do not involve theory: a. are useless. b. cannot develop implications for theory advancement. c. can have value. d. none of the above.

Which of the following illustrates the use of the inductive method? a. hypothesis, observations, accept or reject hypothesis. b. observations, pattern finding, and generalizations. c. theory, hypothesis, observations, generalizations. d. theory, observations, and generalizations. e. generalizations, theory, and observations.

An ideology is:​ a. a paradigm that is open to questioning b. a theory of ideas. c. a closed system of beliefs and values. d. None of the above.