Essential Research Methods for Social Work, International Edition by Allen - Test Bank

Essential Research Methods for Social Work, International Edition by Allen – Test Bank

 

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Chapter 5

Multiple Choice

 

1. Which of the following is NOT an attribute of a good research question?
2. There should be only one possible acceptable answer to it.
3. It should be stated in specific terms.
4. It should be answerable by observable evidence.
5. Its answer should be relevant to others concerned about social work or social welfare.

 

ANS: A           PG:          78             EPAS: 2.1.6

 

2.      Which of the following statements is (are) TRUE about selecting a research question?
3. The selection should be based exclusively on the researcher’s personal curiosity.
4. The question should have relevance for guiding social welfare policy or social work practice.
5. Reading the research literature on the topic should be put off until after the research question is finalized.
6. All of these.
7. None of these.

ANS: B           PG:        78               EPAS: 2.1.6

 

3.      Which of the following statements is (are) TRUE about the literature review in social work research?
4. It should start after the study is designed.
5. It should start early in planning a study.
6. It is necessary to formulate the research question before starting the literature review.
7. All of these.

 

ANS: B           PG:        68               EPAS: 2.1.6

 

4.      Which of the following statements is (are) TRUE about the literature review in social work research?
5. Reference librarians are rarely helpful when it comes to social work literature
6. Online searches are too cumbersome and should be avoided.
7. Online searches remove the need to examine recent issues of professional journals.
8. None of these.

ANS: D           PG:        69-71               EPAS: 2.1.6

 

 

 

5.      Which of the following statements is (are) TRUE about electronically accessing Internet professional databases?
6. Using “AND” expands the list of links that come up.
7. Using “OR” narrows the list of links that come up.
8. Using “AND” narrows the list of links that come up
9.     Using “NOT” expands the list of links that come up.

 

ANS: C           PG:          71             EPAS: 2.1.6

 

6. Which of the following statements is true regarding conducting a study that builds on prior research?
7. It is okay if the study departs radically from the prior research.
8. It should never duplicate a previous study.
9. It should NOT depart radically from the prior research.
10. It should never duplicate a previous study and should NOT depart radically from the prior research.

 

ANS: A           PG:        68               EPAS: 2.1.6

 

7. Which of the following statements is true regarding qualitative researchers seeking to construct theory in an inductive fashion?
8. The literature review should always come very early in the research process.
9. The literature review might come early or late in the research process.
10. The literature review should always come fairly late in the research process.
11. There is universal agreement about when the literature review should be conducted.

 

ANS: B           PG:          69             EPAS: 2.1.6

 

8.      Which of the following statements is (are) TRUE about writing the literature review in reports of social work research studies?
9. It should bring the reader up to data on the previous research in the area.
10. It should point out any general agreements or disagreements among previous researchers.
11. It should show how the reported study relates to, yet goes beyond, the previous studies.
12. All of these.

 

ANS: D           PG:           76-77            EPAS: 2.1.6

 

9.      Which of the following statements is NOT recommended for literature reviews that are part of larger studies or proposals?
10. The review should be thorough and up to date.
11. The review should be terse.
12. The review should provide extensive details about each prior study.
13. The review should point out any disagreements among previous researchers.

 

ANS: C           PG:        77               EPAS: 2.1.6

 

10.      Which of the following statements is NOT recommended for systematic reviews or meta-analyses?
11. The criteria for excluding studies should be identified.
12. Unpublished studies should NOT be included.
13. The methodological rigor of the included studies should be appraised.
14. There is no need to contact authors of previous studies.

 

ANS: B           PG:           78            EPAS: 2.1.6

 

 

 

True/False

 

1. The literature review should be delayed until a topic and research question are chosen.

 

ANS: F            PG:     68            EPAS: 2.1.6

 

2. Reference librarians can be very helpful if you want to find something in the library.

 

ANS: T           PG:       69          EPAS: 2.1.6

 

3. A good research question should be narrow and specific, feasible to study, posed in a way that can be answered by observable evidence, and have significant potential relevance for guiding social welfare policy or social work practice.

 

ANS: T            PG:         78-79        EPAS: 2.1.6

 

4. Agency member resistances to research often result in the need for much more time than anticipated to complete the research.

 

ANS: T            PG:        79         EPAS: 2.1.6

 

5. Feasibility should NOT be a consideration when formulating an idealistic, far-reaching study.

 

ANS: F           PG:       79          EPAS: 2.1.6

 

6. Regardless of whether you use your computer or the card catalogues in your library, you may find additional useful references by using the library stacks.

 

ANS: T            PG:      69           EPAS: 2.1.6

 

7. When searching for studies on an Internet professional literature database, using the word “OR” narrows the list of links that come up.

 

ANS: T            PG:       71          EPAS: 2.1.6

 

8. Unfortunately, the number of journals related to social work is very small, numbering less than 10 at last count.

 

ANS: F           PG:         73-76        EPAS: 2.1.1e

 

9. Every detail in the literature should be covered when writing up the literature review section of a research report, even if that requires making the write up quite lengthy.

 

ANS: F           PG:         76-77        EPAS: 2.1.6

 

10. A meta-analysis is a systematic review that employs and emphasizes sophisticated statistical procedures that amalgamate the separate statistical findings of the individual studies.

 

ANS: T           PG:         77        EPAS: 2.1.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

Essay

 

1. Formulate of a good social work research question in an area of interest to you and discuss why it is a good research question.

ANS: N/A                 PG:  78-79

 

2. Suppose you wanted to evaluate the effectiveness of an agency’s controversial new approach to providing child welfare services.
   1. Describe the steps you would take and the types of sources you would examine in conducting the literature review.
   2. Identify several key words that you would use in conducting a computerized literature search.
   3. Identify several journals whose recent issues you’d want to examine.
   4. Describe any practical problems and resistances you are likely to encounter that would impede the feasibility of your study and how you would attempt to alleviate those problems.

 

ANS: N/A                 PG: 69-76

 

 

3. Describe the key features of a good literature review that is part of a larger study or proposal.

 

ANS: N/A                 PG:  76-77

 

4. Describe the key features of a good systematic review.

 

ANS: N/A                 PG: 77-78