7/4/25, 10:28 AM Social Work Comprehensive Exam BSW (Kutztown University) EXAM LATEST (2025) COMPLETE QUESTIONS With 100% Verifie…
Social Work Comprehensive Exam BSW (Kutztown
University) EXAM LATEST (2025) COMPLETE
QUESTIONS
With 100% Verified Solutions
consideration of global social aspects that both
meta practice
overarch and interact with micro, mezzo, and macro
practice
Practice-Informed Research Use practice experience to inform scientific inquiry
Research-Informed Practice Use research evidence to inform practice
1. Social workers conduct research
Three reasons social
2. Social workers rely on others research findings
workers study statistics
Ethical responsibility to evaluate their own practices
3.
effectiveness
evidence-based practice using the best available evidence to guide practice
Data measurement collected in research study
Information Data converted into a meaningful and useful context
Characteristic or attribute that differs in quantity and
Variable
quality among the people being studied
Constants Conditions that stay the same in the experiment
Value categories different forms a variable can take
Values when difference in variables are described by numbers
Frequency The number of times that it occurs within a group of cases
Conceptualization the process of selecting what variables we will need to measure
Operatonalization How we are going to measure the variable we have
conceptualized
Reliability degree of consistency of a measurement
measurement is both reliable and is truly measuring
Validity
what is to believed to be measured
research hypothesis statement we make about what we believe will happen
… 1/25
,7/4/25, 10:28 AM Social Work Comprehensive Exam BSW (Kutztown University) EXAM LATEST (2025) COMPLETE QUESTIONS With 100% Verifie…
One-
Three forms of research tailed
hypothesis
Two-
tailed
Null
One-tailed hypothesis is directional
two-tailed hypothesis is non-directional
null hypothesis variables are not related
non-casual relationship, predicts that one value
Association
category of one variable will be found in another
A correlation where as one variable increases, the other
positive correlation
also increases, or as one decreases so does the other.
Both variables move in the same direction.
A finding that two factors vary systematically in
negative correlation
opposite directions, one increasing as the other
decreases.
independent variable Influence/cause
The outcome factor; the variable that may change in
dependent variable
response to manipulations of the independent
variable.
least precise.
assign number to non-orderly categories
1. YES
2. NO
Nominal
3. Undeci
ded or
1. MALE
2. FEMALE
category range (like from high to
low) quantitative
ratings
1. very good
2. good
3. fair
4. poor
Ordinal
5. very
poor or
1. A.A.
… 2/25
, 7/4/25, 10:28 AM Social Work Comprehensive Exam BSW (Kutztown University) EXAM LATEST (2025) COMPLETE QUESTIONS With 100% Verifie…
2. BSW
3. MSW
4. DSW
no absolute zero point
Interval zero does not mean the absence
of variable examples:
temperature, IQ score
fixed, absolute and non arbitrary
Ratio
zero point example: weight
Discrete variable takes on finite number or values ( no decimals)
Continuous variable can take on all numerical values (can be a decimal)
Mode the most frequently occurring score(s) in a distribution
Median the middle score in a distribution; half the scores are above it
and half are below it
Mean the average
Range the difference between the highest and lowest scores in a
distribution
positively skewed distribution outliers are among the highest values of distribution
Negatively skewed a distribution that trails off to the left
What is the purpose of the Accreditation
Council on Social Work
Education
True or False True
The NASW Code of Ethics
requires social workers to
monitor and evaluate their
programs and practice and
the policies that shape their
interventions?
What is a characteristic of it seeks knowledge that will improve the lives of clients
social work research? and make the world a better place
… 3/25
Social Work Comprehensive Exam BSW (Kutztown
University) EXAM LATEST (2025) COMPLETE
QUESTIONS
With 100% Verified Solutions
consideration of global social aspects that both
meta practice
overarch and interact with micro, mezzo, and macro
practice
Practice-Informed Research Use practice experience to inform scientific inquiry
Research-Informed Practice Use research evidence to inform practice
1. Social workers conduct research
Three reasons social
2. Social workers rely on others research findings
workers study statistics
Ethical responsibility to evaluate their own practices
3.
effectiveness
evidence-based practice using the best available evidence to guide practice
Data measurement collected in research study
Information Data converted into a meaningful and useful context
Characteristic or attribute that differs in quantity and
Variable
quality among the people being studied
Constants Conditions that stay the same in the experiment
Value categories different forms a variable can take
Values when difference in variables are described by numbers
Frequency The number of times that it occurs within a group of cases
Conceptualization the process of selecting what variables we will need to measure
Operatonalization How we are going to measure the variable we have
conceptualized
Reliability degree of consistency of a measurement
measurement is both reliable and is truly measuring
Validity
what is to believed to be measured
research hypothesis statement we make about what we believe will happen
… 1/25
,7/4/25, 10:28 AM Social Work Comprehensive Exam BSW (Kutztown University) EXAM LATEST (2025) COMPLETE QUESTIONS With 100% Verifie…
One-
Three forms of research tailed
hypothesis
Two-
tailed
Null
One-tailed hypothesis is directional
two-tailed hypothesis is non-directional
null hypothesis variables are not related
non-casual relationship, predicts that one value
Association
category of one variable will be found in another
A correlation where as one variable increases, the other
positive correlation
also increases, or as one decreases so does the other.
Both variables move in the same direction.
A finding that two factors vary systematically in
negative correlation
opposite directions, one increasing as the other
decreases.
independent variable Influence/cause
The outcome factor; the variable that may change in
dependent variable
response to manipulations of the independent
variable.
least precise.
assign number to non-orderly categories
1. YES
2. NO
Nominal
3. Undeci
ded or
1. MALE
2. FEMALE
category range (like from high to
low) quantitative
ratings
1. very good
2. good
3. fair
4. poor
Ordinal
5. very
poor or
1. A.A.
… 2/25
, 7/4/25, 10:28 AM Social Work Comprehensive Exam BSW (Kutztown University) EXAM LATEST (2025) COMPLETE QUESTIONS With 100% Verifie…
2. BSW
3. MSW
4. DSW
no absolute zero point
Interval zero does not mean the absence
of variable examples:
temperature, IQ score
fixed, absolute and non arbitrary
Ratio
zero point example: weight
Discrete variable takes on finite number or values ( no decimals)
Continuous variable can take on all numerical values (can be a decimal)
Mode the most frequently occurring score(s) in a distribution
Median the middle score in a distribution; half the scores are above it
and half are below it
Mean the average
Range the difference between the highest and lowest scores in a
distribution
positively skewed distribution outliers are among the highest values of distribution
Negatively skewed a distribution that trails off to the left
What is the purpose of the Accreditation
Council on Social Work
Education
True or False True
The NASW Code of Ethics
requires social workers to
monitor and evaluate their
programs and practice and
the policies that shape their
interventions?
What is a characteristic of it seeks knowledge that will improve the lives of clients
social work research? and make the world a better place
… 3/25
