SOWK RESEARCH METHODS EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Steps in Evidence-Based Practice - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Formulate a question to answer practice
needs
2. Search for the Evidence
3. Critically appraise the relevant studies you find
4. Determine which evidence-based intervention is most appropriate for your particular client(s)
5. Apply the evidence-based intervention
6. Evaluate and feedback
Steps/Phases of the Research Process - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1.selecting a topic
2.literature review
3. hypothesis
4. focus and narrowing
5. design study
6. data collection & analysis
7. conclusion & findings
8.write report
What Research Method does the hypothesis start early?Start late? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Quan- starts
early
Qual-starts late
Top-down Research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅from other evidence
Bottom-up Research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅from scratch
Research Types - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Quantitative Method
Qualitative Method
, Mixed Methods
Quantitative Methods - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅precise, objective, and generalize statistical findings.
Qualitative Methods - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅allow research procedures to evolve as more observations
are gathered & permit the use of subjectivity to generate deeper understandings of meanings of human
experiences
Mixed Methods - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅collect both qualitative & quantitative data & integrate both
data at one or more stages of the research
Three Purposes of a Study - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Exploratory
Descriptive
Explanatory
Exploratory research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅is done via case studies and learning the names of
variables
Descriptive research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅is done via surveys & learning how variables are
distributed
Explanatory research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅is done via experiments & learning how variables can be
explained
Evaluative research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅is done via quant. or qual. methods to evaluate social
policies, programs, & interventions
Uses of Research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Basic Research
Applied Research
Basic Research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅gaining information for your own knowledge
ANSWERS
Steps in Evidence-Based Practice - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Formulate a question to answer practice
needs
2. Search for the Evidence
3. Critically appraise the relevant studies you find
4. Determine which evidence-based intervention is most appropriate for your particular client(s)
5. Apply the evidence-based intervention
6. Evaluate and feedback
Steps/Phases of the Research Process - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1.selecting a topic
2.literature review
3. hypothesis
4. focus and narrowing
5. design study
6. data collection & analysis
7. conclusion & findings
8.write report
What Research Method does the hypothesis start early?Start late? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Quan- starts
early
Qual-starts late
Top-down Research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅from other evidence
Bottom-up Research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅from scratch
Research Types - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Quantitative Method
Qualitative Method
, Mixed Methods
Quantitative Methods - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅precise, objective, and generalize statistical findings.
Qualitative Methods - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅allow research procedures to evolve as more observations
are gathered & permit the use of subjectivity to generate deeper understandings of meanings of human
experiences
Mixed Methods - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅collect both qualitative & quantitative data & integrate both
data at one or more stages of the research
Three Purposes of a Study - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Exploratory
Descriptive
Explanatory
Exploratory research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅is done via case studies and learning the names of
variables
Descriptive research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅is done via surveys & learning how variables are
distributed
Explanatory research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅is done via experiments & learning how variables can be
explained
Evaluative research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅is done via quant. or qual. methods to evaluate social
policies, programs, & interventions
Uses of Research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Basic Research
Applied Research
Basic Research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅gaining information for your own knowledge
