Exam 13: Using Research in the Real World: How Do You Know If You Are Truly Helping

Natalie has a degree in statistics and has a special interest in program evaluation. She has been instructed to visually represent a set of findings provided to her from a recent program evaluation. Most likely she will visually represent these data with:

Dr. Marcus acknowledged several limitations of utilizing a single-item indicator in her examination of inappropriate social outbursts among highly introverted individuals. Which of the following would NOT be considered a limitation of a single-item indicator?

Dr. Roberts received the finalized transcription from the focus group session last week. As a qualitative researcher Dr. Roberts plans to conduct a _____ of participant responses to each question, which allows him and his research team to identify key themes.

Key findings of program evaluations tend to be represented visually by _____, which display rectangles identifying the various group means

The Butler and colleagues (2005) addiction severity assessment tool had an internal consistency or Alpha level of:

A unique way to represent information gathered from a program evaluation that conveys the information in an engaging, visually appealing, and easily deciphered format is referred to as a(n):

Word clouds are a visual representation of a set of frequencies from a _____, and larger words typically indicate higher frequency of use.

Dr. Trenton received the finalized transcription from the focus group session last week. As a qualitative researcher Dr. Trenton plans to conduct a content analysis of participant responses to each question, which allows him and his research team to identify:

When completing a literature search to find information regarding specific measurements and scales it is important to extract all of the following information, EXCEPT:

Dr. Hunt has completed several steps in the planning phase of the program evaluation process. Dr. Hunt has described the program itself, established goals for the evaluation, and developed an evaluation plan. Identify which step he is missing.

Which of the following outcomes would indicate a significant finding based on conducting a factorial ANOVA?

Ideally, focus groups should have _____ participants to optimize individual member participation.

Theo recently finished the execution phase of a program evaluation. What is his next step after gathering and analyzing data?

_____ is a visual representation of the frequency with which certain terms are used in a qualitative assessment.

(Scenario I) Before the authors of Scenario I published their work they had to write a report to their stakeholders. According to your text, the authors should write their report:

Outcomes evaluation has several noted purposes, including identifying unmet goals and outcomes in order for a program to improve and better serve the clients or to establish evidence for:

(Scenario I) Who may have been a stakeholder in the study described in Scenario I?

Conducting a(n) evaluation requires the assessment of the general program operation.

Dr. Ingleton decided to use a single-item indicator in his investigation of compulsions among highly anxious individuals. Unfortunately, there are a number of issues with doing so. All of the following are limitations of a single-item indicator, EXCEPT:

Dr. Ayers previously received a grant for his project examining medical benefits of homeopathic remedies. Dr. Ayers was required to conduct a program evaluation as a grant recipient because he needs to provide the granting agency with tangible evidence that the program's goals have merit, _____, and the program uses its resources wisely.