SW 350 Research Methods for Social
Workers Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Which of the following statements is true about research findings
on the effectiveness of social work services? -
correct answer ✅They have often found the services to be
ineffective
Which of the following statements is/are true about the need to
critique research quality? -
correct answer ✅Social work practitioners need to understand
research methods so they can discriminate strong from weak
studies.
Our attempts to learn about the world we live in come from -
correct answer ✅All of these
A family preservation program director helps design a study that
evaluates the effectiveness of her program to keep children living
with their abusive parents by providing the families with daily home
visits by social workers. She expects the evaluation to show a
dramatic reduction...... -
correct answer ✅ex post facto hypothesizing
, SW 350 Research Methods for Social
Workers Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
A social worker invents a new therapy that brings her fame,
fortune, and a large following of professional disciples. Two studies
evaluate her new therapy. One is scientifically weak in its design
and concludes that her therapy is extremely effective.... -
correct answer ✅ego-involvement in understanding
According to the scientific method, all knowledge should be -
correct answer ✅All of the above
A frame of reference for interpreting the world is referred to as a -
correct answer ✅paradigm
Believing that there are only multiple subjective realities, and
questioning the existence of an objective external reality, is
associated with what view of reality? -
correct answer ✅postmodernism
A study that attempts to maximize precision and objectivity in
testing whether an intervention reduces an undesirable behavior is
being guided by what paradigm? -
correct answer ✅positivism
Workers Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Which of the following statements is true about research findings
on the effectiveness of social work services? -
correct answer ✅They have often found the services to be
ineffective
Which of the following statements is/are true about the need to
critique research quality? -
correct answer ✅Social work practitioners need to understand
research methods so they can discriminate strong from weak
studies.
Our attempts to learn about the world we live in come from -
correct answer ✅All of these
A family preservation program director helps design a study that
evaluates the effectiveness of her program to keep children living
with their abusive parents by providing the families with daily home
visits by social workers. She expects the evaluation to show a
dramatic reduction...... -
correct answer ✅ex post facto hypothesizing
, SW 350 Research Methods for Social
Workers Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
A social worker invents a new therapy that brings her fame,
fortune, and a large following of professional disciples. Two studies
evaluate her new therapy. One is scientifically weak in its design
and concludes that her therapy is extremely effective.... -
correct answer ✅ego-involvement in understanding
According to the scientific method, all knowledge should be -
correct answer ✅All of the above
A frame of reference for interpreting the world is referred to as a -
correct answer ✅paradigm
Believing that there are only multiple subjective realities, and
questioning the existence of an objective external reality, is
associated with what view of reality? -
correct answer ✅postmodernism
A study that attempts to maximize precision and objectivity in
testing whether an intervention reduces an undesirable behavior is
being guided by what paradigm? -
correct answer ✅positivism