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