Question 1

Keeping current with and critically appraising practice related studies and basing one's practice on evidence-based knowledge makes one a more ethical practitioner.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

Learning about statistics:

Accepted Answer

A) Will help you be more effective in marshalling data to advocate for a new policy or program. 
B) Will help you see through the misleading uses of statistics by your adversaries and to show others how their use of those statistics is misleading. 
C) Will help you evaluate the effectiveness of your own practice. 
D) All of these. 
A) Will help you be more effective in marshalling data to advocate for a new policy or program. 
B) Will help you see through the misleading uses of statistics by your adversaries and to show others how their use of those statistics is misleading. 
C) Will help you evaluate the effectiveness of your own practice. 
D) All of these. D

Question 3

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.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

Which of the following statements best depicts research findings on the effectiveness of interventions that have been popular among helping professionals and that have seemed theoretically sound? *

Accepted Answer

A) Some were found to be ineffective 
B) None were found to be harmful 
C) Earning a professional degree assures that your efforts to help people will be effective 
D) All of these 
A) Some were found to be ineffective 
B) None were found to be harmful 
C) Earning a professional degree assures that your efforts to help people will be effective 
D) All of these

Question 5

Learning about statistics:

Accepted Answer

A) Is risky. 
B) Will help one avoid being misled by those who misuse statistics as a way to propagandize their political agenda. 
C) Is important despite its lack of relevance to practice. 
D) Can interfere with one's capacity to be a warm, compassionate practitioner. 
A) Is risky. 
B) Will help one avoid being misled by those who misuse statistics as a way to propagandize their political agenda. 
C) Is important despite its lack of relevance to practice. 
D) Can interfere with one's capacity to be a warm, compassionate practitioner.

Question 6

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?

Accepted Answer

A) The typical student binge drinks approximately twice per year 
B) Most students binge drink approximately twice per year. 
C) Both of these are appropriate conclusions. 
D) None of these. 
A) The typical student binge drinks approximately twice per year 
B) Most students binge drink approximately twice per year. 
C) Both of these are appropriate conclusions. 
D) None of these.

Question 7

Understanding statistics makes one a more compassionate practitioner.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The most important reason why practitioners should learn about statistics is that they want to help people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following is/are good reasons for human service practitioners to learn about statistics?

Accepted Answer

A) Some interventions have been found to be harmful. 
B) Professional ethics. 
C) Compassion for clients. 
D) All of these. 
A) Some interventions have been found to be harmful. 
B) Professional ethics. 
C) Compassion for clients. 
D) All of these.

Question 10

Which of the following statements is NOT true about learning about statistics/:

Accepted Answer

A) Statistics help us to summarize an otherwise overwhelming mass of data. 
B) Learning about statistics can help make you a more effective advocate for policies you think are desirable and against policies that you think are undesirable. 
C) They are not relevant to administrative levels of practice. 
D) Understanding statistics is an important aspect of evidence-based practice. 
A) Statistics help us to summarize an otherwise overwhelming mass of data. 
B) Learning about statistics can help make you a more effective advocate for policies you think are desirable and against policies that you think are undesirable. 
C) They are not relevant to administrative levels of practice. 
D) Understanding statistics is an important aspect of evidence-based practice.

Question 11

If the average annual income for 10 people who are eating lunch together is $100,000, then:

Accepted Answer

A) The typical person at the table earns $100,000 per year. 
B) It is conceivable that none of them earn $100,000 per year. 
C) Most people at the table earn approximately $100,000 per year. 
D) None of them earns more than $900,000 per year or less than $20,000 per year. 
A) The typical person at the table earns $100,000 per year. 
B) It is conceivable that none of them earn $100,000 per year. 
C) Most people at the table earn approximately $100,000 per year. 
D) None of them earns more than $900,000 per year or less than $20,000 per year.

Question 12

Which of the following is/are true about statistics?

Accepted Answer

A) Nobody misuses statistics to mislead people. 
B) Statistics are irrelevant to clinical levels of practice. 
C) Statistics can help you evaluate the effectiveness of your own practice. 
D) All of these. 
A) Nobody misuses statistics to mislead people. 
B) Statistics are irrelevant to clinical levels of practice. 
C) Statistics can help you evaluate the effectiveness of your own practice. 
D) All of these.

Keeping current with and critically appraising practice related studies and basing one's practice on evidence-based knowledge makes one a more ethical practitioner.

Learning about statistics:

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.

Which of the following statements best depicts research findings on the effectiveness of interventions that have been popular among helping professionals and that have seemed theoretically sound? *

Learning about statistics:

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?

Understanding statistics makes one a more compassionate practitioner.

The most important reason why practitioners should learn about statistics is that they want to help people.

Which of the following is/are good reasons for human service practitioners to learn about statistics?

Which of the following statements is NOT true about learning about statistics/:

If the average annual income for 10 people who are eating lunch together is $100,000, then:

Which of the following is/are true about statistics?

Use of Statistics in Evidence-Based Practice

Review of Key Research Methodology Concepts and Terms

Frequency Distributions

Graphs and Charts

Measures of Central Tendency

Measures of Dispersion

Types of Distributions

Z-Scores, Percentiles and Effect Size

Probability and Sampling Distributions

Hypothesis Testing and Statistical Significance

Type I and Type Ii Errors

Interpreting the Strength and Importance of Relationships

The T-Test

Analysis of Variance

Cross Tabulation and Chi-Square

Correlation

Regression Analysis

Applications to Single-System Evaluation Designs

Filters

Exam 1: Why Study Statistics

Keeping current with and critically appraising practice related studies and basing one's practice on evidence-based knowledge makes one a more ethical practitioner.

Learning about statistics:

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.

Which of the following statements best depicts research findings on the effectiveness of interventions that have been popular among helping professionals and that have seemed theoretically sound? *

Learning about statistics:

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?

Understanding statistics makes one a more compassionate practitioner.

The most important reason why practitioners should learn about statistics is that they want to help people.

Which of the following is/are good reasons for human service practitioners to learn about statistics?

Which of the following statements is NOT true about learning about statistics/:

If the average annual income for 10 people who are eating lunch together is $100,000, then:

Which of the following is/are true about statistics?

Use of Statistics in Evidence-Based Practice

Review of Key Research Methodology Concepts and Terms

Frequency Distributions

Graphs and Charts

Measures of Central Tendency

Measures of Dispersion

Types of Distributions

Z-Scores, Percentiles and Effect Size

Probability and Sampling Distributions

Hypothesis Testing and Statistical Significance

Type I and Type Ii Errors

Interpreting the Strength and Importance of Relationships

The T-Test

Analysis of Variance

Cross Tabulation and Chi-Square

Correlation

Regression Analysis

Applications to Single-System Evaluation Designs

Filters