EVALUATION FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Evidence-based individual decision-making - Answers - One view of evidence-based
practice (the one which is the subject of the Gambrill's book) is:
Informed participants - Answers - Ethical obligations require practitioners to involve
clients as:
Overly restrictive hierarchy of evidence - Answers - Which of these is a prominent
misconception about EBP?
Qualitative and quantitative methods - Answers - A mixed-method study combines:
Rank low on a research hierarchy for effectiveness studies - Answers - Which one of
these is a correct statement about correlational studies:
Place the selection of interventions in the hands of the social worker - Answers - Placing
clients' interests front and center will do all of the following except:
The notion that we cannot completely understand another person's perspective -
Answers - The phrase "holding [our] knowledge lightly" refers to:
Right to self-determination - Answers - Going through the process of goal setting honors
the client's:
Makes the process less overwhelming for the client - Answers - Creating
understandable and realistic goals accomplishes which of the following:
Appropriate humility - Answers - All of the following are motivational and emotional
obstacles except:
Overlooking options - Answers - One common error in active open-minded thinking
when it comes to seeking solutions to a problem is:
Engage in falsification - Answers - One helpful practice in seeking confirmatory
evidence is:
Objectives - Answers - ________ are written in outcome terms and include
quantification and specification.
PICO - Answers - A tool that might help you construct your question about effectiveness
or about what assessment tool to use is the ________ framework.
, Cochrane Collaboration - Answers - ________ ________ is a Web site recommended
for rigorous, objective reviews on interventions, programs, and policies.
Randomization - Answers - The three criteria that are required to conclude logically that
an intervention is really the cause of a particular problem include all of the following
except:
Selection effects - Answers - All of the following are threats to internal validity except:
Selectivity - Answers - When a study compares two groups that are really not
comparable, it is vulnerable to ________ bias, which is a threat to internal validity.
Statistically significant - Answers - When the probability that the results of a
measurement did not occur by chance is less than .05, it is:
Split the load by working with a team of practitioners - Answers - Which of the following
strategies may enhance the feasibility of implementing the EBP process in the real
world of everyday practice?
A positive effect - Answers - An effect size above zero means there is:
All of these choices:
- it is too difficult for me to learn
- A study must be perfect to be useful
- Intuition is a better guide - Answers - The myths that hinder critical appraisal of
research include:
Potential flaws in the research may result in misleading conclusions - Answers -
Evidence-informed practice encourages asking critical questions of all research
because:
Loss of situational awareness - Answers - According to Woods and Cook (1999), the
term "Mindset" means:
Certain behavior can be performed - Answers - Performance efficacy refers to the belief
that:
Case-control design - Answers - Which of these is a type of correlational study?
Experimental design - Answers - The gold standard of research designs is:
Qualitative - Answers - What is the best design to answer this question: "What can I
learn about clients, service delivery, and targets of intervention from the experiences of
others?"
ANSWERS
Evidence-based individual decision-making - Answers - One view of evidence-based
practice (the one which is the subject of the Gambrill's book) is:
Informed participants - Answers - Ethical obligations require practitioners to involve
clients as:
Overly restrictive hierarchy of evidence - Answers - Which of these is a prominent
misconception about EBP?
Qualitative and quantitative methods - Answers - A mixed-method study combines:
Rank low on a research hierarchy for effectiveness studies - Answers - Which one of
these is a correct statement about correlational studies:
Place the selection of interventions in the hands of the social worker - Answers - Placing
clients' interests front and center will do all of the following except:
The notion that we cannot completely understand another person's perspective -
Answers - The phrase "holding [our] knowledge lightly" refers to:
Right to self-determination - Answers - Going through the process of goal setting honors
the client's:
Makes the process less overwhelming for the client - Answers - Creating
understandable and realistic goals accomplishes which of the following:
Appropriate humility - Answers - All of the following are motivational and emotional
obstacles except:
Overlooking options - Answers - One common error in active open-minded thinking
when it comes to seeking solutions to a problem is:
Engage in falsification - Answers - One helpful practice in seeking confirmatory
evidence is:
Objectives - Answers - ________ are written in outcome terms and include
quantification and specification.
PICO - Answers - A tool that might help you construct your question about effectiveness
or about what assessment tool to use is the ________ framework.
, Cochrane Collaboration - Answers - ________ ________ is a Web site recommended
for rigorous, objective reviews on interventions, programs, and policies.
Randomization - Answers - The three criteria that are required to conclude logically that
an intervention is really the cause of a particular problem include all of the following
except:
Selection effects - Answers - All of the following are threats to internal validity except:
Selectivity - Answers - When a study compares two groups that are really not
comparable, it is vulnerable to ________ bias, which is a threat to internal validity.
Statistically significant - Answers - When the probability that the results of a
measurement did not occur by chance is less than .05, it is:
Split the load by working with a team of practitioners - Answers - Which of the following
strategies may enhance the feasibility of implementing the EBP process in the real
world of everyday practice?
A positive effect - Answers - An effect size above zero means there is:
All of these choices:
- it is too difficult for me to learn
- A study must be perfect to be useful
- Intuition is a better guide - Answers - The myths that hinder critical appraisal of
research include:
Potential flaws in the research may result in misleading conclusions - Answers -
Evidence-informed practice encourages asking critical questions of all research
because:
Loss of situational awareness - Answers - According to Woods and Cook (1999), the
term "Mindset" means:
Certain behavior can be performed - Answers - Performance efficacy refers to the belief
that:
Case-control design - Answers - Which of these is a type of correlational study?
Experimental design - Answers - The gold standard of research designs is:
Qualitative - Answers - What is the best design to answer this question: "What can I
learn about clients, service delivery, and targets of intervention from the experiences of
others?"
