SOWK RESEARCH & STATISTICS FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
The evidence-based practice model encourages practitioners to integrate scientific evidence with their
practice expertise.
True OR False - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True
Some evidence-based practice questions do not specify a particular intervention in advance of the
search for evidence.
True OR False - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True
Practitioners engaged in evidence-based practice will
- be critical thinkers.
- track down evidence as an ongoing lifelong part of their practice.
- question things that are based on tradition or authority.
- think for themselves as to the logic and evidence supporting what others may convey as practice
wisdom.
-All of the above. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅All of the above
Evidence-based practitioners will
- assume that evidence on practice effectiveness will find its way to them.
- assume that the published studies they find are scientifically valid.
- use research methods to evaluate whether the evidence-based actions they take are resulting in the
outcomes they seek to achieve.
- All of the above are true.
- None of the above is true. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅use research methods to evaluate whether the
evidence-based actions they take are resulting in the outcomes they seek to achieve.
,Evidence about practice effectiveness will
- always be conclusive.
- sometimes indicate what actions NOT to take.
- usually indicate what is effective with every client or situation.
-will point toward taking an action that the client is certain to want. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅sometimes
indicate what actions NOT to take.
An evidence-based practice question should
- incorporate client characteristics.
- always inquire about only one specific intervention.
- never be altered in light of the evidence emerging in one's literature search.
- always specify at least two alternative interventions in advance. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅incorporate
client characteristics.
An online search for evidence should
- use multiple search terms.
- be restricted to articles published in refereed journals, only.
- avoid systematic reviews emanating from
- searches already completed by others.
- all of the above. ted by others. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅use multiple search terms.
Which of the following statements is/are true about critically appraising the quality of evidence found in
the evidence-based practice search process?
- All evidence produced by randomized clinical trials should be deemed strong evidence
- Randomized clinical trials always reside at the top of any research hierarchy.
, - Only evidence produced by randomized clinical trials should be considered as worthy of guiding
practice decisions, regardless of the nature of the decision.
- All of the above are true
- None of the above is true - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅None of the above is true
Which of the following statements is/are true about evidence-based practice?
-The studies at the top of the research hierarchy usually involve clients who are very much like those
typically encountered in everyday social work practice.
-Its proponents agree with its critics that it denigrates professional expertise and ignores client values
and preferences.
-Real-world obstacles often prevent implementing it thoroughly in everyday social work practice.
-All of the above are true.
-None of the above is true - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Real-world obstacles often prevent implementing it
thoroughly in everyday social work practice.
Any study that employs a randomized clinical trial is a strong source of evidence, regardless of how it
measures outcome.
True
False - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
A frame of reference for interpreting the world is referred to as a
-paradigm
-theory
-hypothesis
-law
-concept - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅paradigm
ANSWERS
The evidence-based practice model encourages practitioners to integrate scientific evidence with their
practice expertise.
True OR False - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True
Some evidence-based practice questions do not specify a particular intervention in advance of the
search for evidence.
True OR False - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True
Practitioners engaged in evidence-based practice will
- be critical thinkers.
- track down evidence as an ongoing lifelong part of their practice.
- question things that are based on tradition or authority.
- think for themselves as to the logic and evidence supporting what others may convey as practice
wisdom.
-All of the above. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅All of the above
Evidence-based practitioners will
- assume that evidence on practice effectiveness will find its way to them.
- assume that the published studies they find are scientifically valid.
- use research methods to evaluate whether the evidence-based actions they take are resulting in the
outcomes they seek to achieve.
- All of the above are true.
- None of the above is true. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅use research methods to evaluate whether the
evidence-based actions they take are resulting in the outcomes they seek to achieve.
,Evidence about practice effectiveness will
- always be conclusive.
- sometimes indicate what actions NOT to take.
- usually indicate what is effective with every client or situation.
-will point toward taking an action that the client is certain to want. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅sometimes
indicate what actions NOT to take.
An evidence-based practice question should
- incorporate client characteristics.
- always inquire about only one specific intervention.
- never be altered in light of the evidence emerging in one's literature search.
- always specify at least two alternative interventions in advance. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅incorporate
client characteristics.
An online search for evidence should
- use multiple search terms.
- be restricted to articles published in refereed journals, only.
- avoid systematic reviews emanating from
- searches already completed by others.
- all of the above. ted by others. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅use multiple search terms.
Which of the following statements is/are true about critically appraising the quality of evidence found in
the evidence-based practice search process?
- All evidence produced by randomized clinical trials should be deemed strong evidence
- Randomized clinical trials always reside at the top of any research hierarchy.
, - Only evidence produced by randomized clinical trials should be considered as worthy of guiding
practice decisions, regardless of the nature of the decision.
- All of the above are true
- None of the above is true - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅None of the above is true
Which of the following statements is/are true about evidence-based practice?
-The studies at the top of the research hierarchy usually involve clients who are very much like those
typically encountered in everyday social work practice.
-Its proponents agree with its critics that it denigrates professional expertise and ignores client values
and preferences.
-Real-world obstacles often prevent implementing it thoroughly in everyday social work practice.
-All of the above are true.
-None of the above is true - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Real-world obstacles often prevent implementing it
thoroughly in everyday social work practice.
Any study that employs a randomized clinical trial is a strong source of evidence, regardless of how it
measures outcome.
True
False - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
A frame of reference for interpreting the world is referred to as a
-paradigm
-theory
-hypothesis
-law
-concept - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅paradigm
