SOWK 3140 Final Exam UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Key concepts of evaluation: #1 control group (no intervention)
experimental group(intervention)
dependent (understanding/ predicting), independent(influence/cause)
sampling, random sample.
Experimental Design
Quasi-Experimental Designs
Baseline
Experimental design (control groups, experimental group, random assignment of subjects) can't be
used in practice because we are not able to randomly assign clients to groups
quasi-experimental design (control group, experimental group, no random group)
Central tendency measures mean, median, mode
Standard deviation measures the amount of variability of observation around the mean
Reliability likelihood measurements will have same results at subsequent times.
Validity the ability of the instrument to measure what is supposed to measure.
1. face
2. predictive
, Face validity commonsense view that instrument suggests that it measures what it supposed to.
Predictive validity measure of validity based on capability of instrument to predict future
performance.
Descriptive statistics describes a phenomenon.
community
Inferential statistics draw a conclusion about population based on sample of population
Outcome Quality of life change resulting from social work intervention.
Statistical significance probability that a certain result occurred by chance.
ChiSquare Test statistical procedure compares expected frequencies in a study to observed
frequencies. Expected is the outcomes.
the association or relationship between two variables
Correlation test positive or negative relationship in range of -1.0 to +1.0.
Problems and barriers of evaluation 1. failure to plan for evaluation
2. lack of program stability
3. relationships between evaluators and practitioners
4. evaluation results are unclear
5. results are not accepted
6. Not worth the effort
Evaluation Approaches 1. quantitative
2. qualitative
3. one-group posttest design
4. Pretest/posttest design-show changes over time.
5. Client satisfaction survey, group comparisons, case study, quality assurance
review.
6. Goal attainment scaling
7. Target Problem Scaling
8. Case Studies
9. Group Comparisons
10. Quality Assurance Reviews
11. Summary of evaluation designs
7. Stages/steps in Evaluation 1. Conceptualization and goal setting.
2 measurement.
3 sampling
4. design
5. Data Gathering
6. Data Analysis
7. Data Presentation
ANSWERS
Key concepts of evaluation: #1 control group (no intervention)
experimental group(intervention)
dependent (understanding/ predicting), independent(influence/cause)
sampling, random sample.
Experimental Design
Quasi-Experimental Designs
Baseline
Experimental design (control groups, experimental group, random assignment of subjects) can't be
used in practice because we are not able to randomly assign clients to groups
quasi-experimental design (control group, experimental group, no random group)
Central tendency measures mean, median, mode
Standard deviation measures the amount of variability of observation around the mean
Reliability likelihood measurements will have same results at subsequent times.
Validity the ability of the instrument to measure what is supposed to measure.
1. face
2. predictive
, Face validity commonsense view that instrument suggests that it measures what it supposed to.
Predictive validity measure of validity based on capability of instrument to predict future
performance.
Descriptive statistics describes a phenomenon.
community
Inferential statistics draw a conclusion about population based on sample of population
Outcome Quality of life change resulting from social work intervention.
Statistical significance probability that a certain result occurred by chance.
ChiSquare Test statistical procedure compares expected frequencies in a study to observed
frequencies. Expected is the outcomes.
the association or relationship between two variables
Correlation test positive or negative relationship in range of -1.0 to +1.0.
Problems and barriers of evaluation 1. failure to plan for evaluation
2. lack of program stability
3. relationships between evaluators and practitioners
4. evaluation results are unclear
5. results are not accepted
6. Not worth the effort
Evaluation Approaches 1. quantitative
2. qualitative
3. one-group posttest design
4. Pretest/posttest design-show changes over time.
5. Client satisfaction survey, group comparisons, case study, quality assurance
review.
6. Goal attainment scaling
7. Target Problem Scaling
8. Case Studies
9. Group Comparisons
10. Quality Assurance Reviews
11. Summary of evaluation designs
7. Stages/steps in Evaluation 1. Conceptualization and goal setting.
2 measurement.
3 sampling
4. design
5. Data Gathering
6. Data Analysis
7. Data Presentation
