Social Work Research Final Exam
Question and Answers 2025
Quiz 11
Carla would like to conduct a qualitative study to try and understand why circus
performers are so closely knit and unwilling to relate with non-circus people. She
realizes she may have some difficulty in designing and implementing her study, starting
with how she will sample her population. Circus people tend to live in separate
communities cut off from the rest of the world. Carla has a friend, Mickey, who used to
perform in the circus but has since left for a career in finance. He still keeps up with his
friends and family in the circus business. What type of sampling method should Carla
use? - Answers-Snowball Sampling - Carla should ask Mickey if he thinks some of his
friends or family would participate and then ask those persons to help her find others for
her study.
A non-probability sample is one in which all of the people from a single population are
equally likely to be selected for the sample. - Answers-False
Samples are often studied instead of a whole population because collecting data from a
population can require more:
All of these are true
Time
Effort
Workers to collect data
Work - Answers-All of these are true
A list of people from which a sample will be drawn is called the sampling: - Answers-
Frame
Random sampling means we sample a population based on: - Answers-Everyone
having an equal chance of being selected
What sampling method allows a social worker to generate a sample from his/her own
caseload of clients? - Answers-Convenience
Which choice shows a probability sampling method?
Snowball
Convenience
Quota
Random
Purposive - Answers-Random
, Which choice shows a non-probability sampling method?
Random
Stratified
Systematic
Snowball
Cluster - Answers-Snowball
Which choice has only non-probability sampling methods?
Snowball, purposive, convenience
Purposive, quota, stratified
Snowball, random, systematic
Purposive, snowball, stratified
Random, stratified, systematic - Answers-Snowball, purposive, convenience
As sampling error _______, the ability to generalize research results_________. -
Answers-Increases, decreases
The main problem with non-responses to surveys is that: - Answers-Non-respondents
may differ from respondents in significant ways
Snowball sampling methods are mostly used in positivistic research studies. - Answers-
True
A population is the totality of persons or objects with which our research study is
concerned. - Answers-True
Quiz 12
Armando has been seeing a social worker for the past few weeks because of his
anxiety. His social worker tells him that before beginning a program to address his
anxiety, he would like to assess it. Once a week for 6 weeks, Armando completes the
same assessment that measures anxiety levels. Then during weeks 7-12, Armando
continues to complete the same weekly anxiety measuring assessment as well as
attending daily meditation sessions. What type of research design is Armando
participating in? - Answers-Single-subject design
Tom tells his social worker Mia that he is feeling very sad lately, doesn't want to get out
of bed, and has been calling into work. Concerned, Mia decides to measure his level of
depression using a known standardized measuring instrument, with higher numbers
indicating a higher degree of depression. After examining his results, she is alarmed to
see he is well beyond the clinical cutting score. She decides to immediately implement
an intervention treatment for five weeks and tracks his progress, and then removes the
treatment, consistently measuring his level of depression for an additional five weeks.
After three weeks, there is an increase in his score so Mia decides to implement the
treatment again after the 10 weeks. Which case-level design is being utilized? -
Answers-BAB Design
Question and Answers 2025
Quiz 11
Carla would like to conduct a qualitative study to try and understand why circus
performers are so closely knit and unwilling to relate with non-circus people. She
realizes she may have some difficulty in designing and implementing her study, starting
with how she will sample her population. Circus people tend to live in separate
communities cut off from the rest of the world. Carla has a friend, Mickey, who used to
perform in the circus but has since left for a career in finance. He still keeps up with his
friends and family in the circus business. What type of sampling method should Carla
use? - Answers-Snowball Sampling - Carla should ask Mickey if he thinks some of his
friends or family would participate and then ask those persons to help her find others for
her study.
A non-probability sample is one in which all of the people from a single population are
equally likely to be selected for the sample. - Answers-False
Samples are often studied instead of a whole population because collecting data from a
population can require more:
All of these are true
Time
Effort
Workers to collect data
Work - Answers-All of these are true
A list of people from which a sample will be drawn is called the sampling: - Answers-
Frame
Random sampling means we sample a population based on: - Answers-Everyone
having an equal chance of being selected
What sampling method allows a social worker to generate a sample from his/her own
caseload of clients? - Answers-Convenience
Which choice shows a probability sampling method?
Snowball
Convenience
Quota
Random
Purposive - Answers-Random
, Which choice shows a non-probability sampling method?
Random
Stratified
Systematic
Snowball
Cluster - Answers-Snowball
Which choice has only non-probability sampling methods?
Snowball, purposive, convenience
Purposive, quota, stratified
Snowball, random, systematic
Purposive, snowball, stratified
Random, stratified, systematic - Answers-Snowball, purposive, convenience
As sampling error _______, the ability to generalize research results_________. -
Answers-Increases, decreases
The main problem with non-responses to surveys is that: - Answers-Non-respondents
may differ from respondents in significant ways
Snowball sampling methods are mostly used in positivistic research studies. - Answers-
True
A population is the totality of persons or objects with which our research study is
concerned. - Answers-True
Quiz 12
Armando has been seeing a social worker for the past few weeks because of his
anxiety. His social worker tells him that before beginning a program to address his
anxiety, he would like to assess it. Once a week for 6 weeks, Armando completes the
same assessment that measures anxiety levels. Then during weeks 7-12, Armando
continues to complete the same weekly anxiety measuring assessment as well as
attending daily meditation sessions. What type of research design is Armando
participating in? - Answers-Single-subject design
Tom tells his social worker Mia that he is feeling very sad lately, doesn't want to get out
of bed, and has been calling into work. Concerned, Mia decides to measure his level of
depression using a known standardized measuring instrument, with higher numbers
indicating a higher degree of depression. After examining his results, she is alarmed to
see he is well beyond the clinical cutting score. She decides to immediately implement
an intervention treatment for five weeks and tracks his progress, and then removes the
treatment, consistently measuring his level of depression for an additional five weeks.
After three weeks, there is an increase in his score so Mia decides to implement the
treatment again after the 10 weeks. Which case-level design is being utilized? -
Answers-BAB Design
