Exam1

• Ch1: Learning about statistics... b. Will help one avoid being misled by those who misuse statistics as a way to propagandize their political agenda.
• Ch1: Learning about statistics... d. All of these
• Ch1: Which of the following statements best depicts research findings on the effectiveness of interventions that have been popular among helping professionals and that have seemedtheoretically sound... a. Some were found to be ineffective.
• Ch1: Suppose a newspaper reports that the average number of times students in your college or university engage in binge drinking during the academic year is twice. What is appropriate to conclude... d. None of these
• Ch1: Which of the following is/are good reasons for human service practitioners to learn about statistics... d. All of these
• Ch1: Which of the following is/are true about statistics... c. statistics can help you evaluate the effectiveness of your own practice.
• Ch1: If the average annual income for 10 people who are eating lunch together is $100,000, then... b. It is conceivable that none of them earn $100,000 per year.
• Ch1: Which of the following statements is NOT true about learning about statistics/... c. They are not relevant to administrative levels of practice.
• Ch1: T/F: The most important reason why practitioners should learn about statistics is that they want to help people. True
• Ch1: T/F: Understanding statistics makes one a more compassionate practitioner. True
• Ch1: T/F: Keeping current with and critically appraising practice related studies and basing one’s practice on evidence-based knowledge makes one a more ethical practitioner. True
• Ch1: T/F: Because anyone can manipulate and distort statistics to support whatever point they are trying to make, it is best to ignore statistics rather than understand them. False
• Ch1: T/F: Learning about statistics pertains primarily to levels of practice dealing with policy analysis, and is of much less relevance to clinical practice. False
• Ch2: Evidence-base practice... b. Is a process for making practice decisions based on integrating the best researchevidence with practice expertise and knowledge of client attributes.
• Ch2: EBP questions can ask... d. All of these
• Ch2: Which of the following statements is true about searching for evidence in the second phase of the EBP process... a. ou might have to try different search terms before finding what you need.
• Ch2: Which of the following statements is true about published research studies... a. Some published research studies are fatally flawed.
• Ch2: Which of the following statements is true about selecting and implementing interventions supported by research evidence... b. No matter how strong an intervention’s evidence might be, that intervention is likely to be inapplicable for some clients
• Ch2: Which of the following statements is true about research evidence... d. No matter how strong the evidence that supports your chosen intervention may be, you should evaluate whether it achieves the intended outcome when you implement it.
• Ch2: Descriptive statistics... b. Can include frequency distributions or measures of central tendency and dispersion.
• Ch2: Inferential statistics... d. tell us the probability that a given result can be attributed to chance
• Ch2: Which of the following statements is correct about evidence-based practice... a. It is a process
• Ch2: Which of the following statements is correct about evidence-based practice... c. It calls for practitioners to make practice decisions based on the integration of their practice expertise, their knowledge of client attributes, and the best research evidence.
• Ch2: When searching for evidence, you should... d. Examine the Cochrane and Campbell Collaboration resources
• Ch2: T/F: EBP is a process for integrating the most rigorous research evidence with practice expertise and knowledge of client attributes in making practice decisions. True
• Ch2: T/F: EBP is a process for making practice decisions based solely on research evidence. False
• Ch2: T/F: The type of EBP question you ask and your practice role will influence the specific types of statistics you are likely to encounter and how much technical detail you’ll need toknow about those statistics. True
• Ch2: T/F: EBP is a list of empirically supported interventions that practitioners should employ regardless of their practice judgment. False
• Ch2: T/F: EBP questions always focus on choosing an intervention. False
• Ch2: T/F: An expedient way to start searching for evidence is by going to the website of the Cochrane Collaboration or the Campbell Collaboration. True
• Ch2: T/F: Some published research studies are much more flawed than others. True
• Ch2: T/F: Inferential statistics tell us the probability that a given result can be attributed to chance. True
• Ch2: T/F: Meta-analyses review systematically existing studies and aggregate their statistical results. True
• Ch2: T/F: Effect size statistics compare the relative strength of effects of different interventions. True
• Ch3: Which of the following best describes the difference between qualitative and quantitative research methods... d. None of these
• Ch3: A study is conducted to test the hypothesis that cognitive behavioral therapy is more effective than eclectic therapy in alleviating the severity trauma symptoms among femalevictims of rape? Which of the following is the independent variable in this study... d. Type of therapy
• Ch3: A study is conducted to test the hypothesis that cognitive behavioral therapy is more effective than eclectic therapy in reducing the number of future incidents of child neglectamong substance abusing parents? Which of the following is the dependent variable in this study... a. The number of future incidents of abuse
• Ch3: A study is conducted to test the hypothesis that cognitive behavioral therapy is more effective than eclectic therapy in reducing the number of future incidents of child neglectamong substance abusing parents, and to assess whether the comparative effectiveness of the interventions varies depending upon the ethnicity of the parents? In this study what type of variable is parental ethnicity... b. Moderating.
• Ch3: Which of the following best illustrates an operational definition of child neglect... c. Court records showing that an incident of child neglect occurred.
• Ch3: At what level of measurement is the variable number of future incidents of child neglect... c. Ratio