Test Bank for Research Methods for Social Work, 10th Edition by Allen Rubin and Earl R. Babbie
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Research Methods
Test Bank for Research Methods for Social Work,10e 10th Edition by Allen Rubin and Earl R. Babbie. Complete Chapters (Chap 1 to 25) test bank are included with answers.
1. Why Study Research?
2. Evidence-Informed Practice.
3. Factors Influencing the Research Process.
4. Quantitative, Qualitat...
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. Some social work services might have unintended harmful effects on clients, no matter how well trained the
social workers are or how appropriately they deliver these services.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
2. Inquiry is hindered when authority of experts speak outside their realm of expertise.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
3. When social work practitioners utilize research discriminatingly, they help uphold and advance the values and
mission of their profession.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
4. According to the scientific method, scientific evidence that has been strongly supported in numerous replications
is open to question.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
5. Researchers employing the scientific method should be open to the pursuit of evidence that refutes their
conclusions.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
6. If a study has been published, it is certain that it has been conducted objectively and rigorously.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
7. Refusing to examine research on the services we deliver has no bearing on how professionally ethical we are.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
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Chapter 01 10e
8. Legitimate ex post facto hypothesizing requires additional research.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
9. Some research studies get published despite having violated key methodological principles.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
10. All reviews of research on the effectiveness of social work practice agree that it is very effective.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
11. Why does the scientific method emphasize transparency in reporting study details?
a. It allows researchers to conceal biases and subjective judgments.
b. It facilitates collaboration among researchers from different fields.
c. It enables others to assess the basis for study conclusions.
d. It ensures that researchers can claim exclusive ownership of their findings.
ANSWER: c
12. Elizabeth, a family preservation director, designs a study to evaluate the effectiveness of a program to keep
children living with abusive parents by providing the families with daily home visits by social workers. She
expects the evaluation to show a dramatic reduction in reported child abuse incidents. Instead, the results show
an increase in reported child abuse incidents. Elizabeth concludes that the program was undoubtedly effective,
reasoning that there really could not possibly have been an increase in actual abuse due to her program, just an
increase in reportage of abuse due to closer monitoring in the daily home visits. The director is committing the
error of
a. illogical reasoning.
b. ex post facto hypothesizing.
c. premature closure of inquiry.
d. selective observation.
ANSWER: b
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