Exam 3: Philosophy and Theory in Social Work Research

If the job turnover rate among child welfare workers with social work degrees is 10 percent per year,while the turnover rate among their counterparts without social work degrees is 50 percent per year,then a relationship exists between type of degree and turnover rate.

An ideology is:

A frame of reference for interpreting the world is referred to as a

Explain how a study could be conducted within the critical social science paradigm using research methods associated with the positivist paradigm.

Which of the following statements is/are true about theory is

How are theory and research linked? Give examples.

Which of the following are variables?

Which of the following statements is are true about the hypothesis: Child welfare workers with social work degrees have a are more effective in preventing child maltreatment than are child welfare workers without a social work degree?

Contemporary positivists pursue objectivity in assessing social reality,but recognize that observation and measurement cannot be as purely objective as the ideal image that science implies.

Contrast the inductive model of theory construction with the deductive model.Give examples of research that use each of these models.

Suppose a study finds a relationship in which neglectful parents who abuse alcohol or drugs are more likely to benefirom intervention A,while neglectful parents who do NOT abuse alcohol or drugs are more likely to benefirom intervention B.Identify the two variables and four attributes in that relationship.

A study that attempts to maximize precision and objectivity in testing whether an intervention reduces an undesirable behavior is being guided by what paradigm?

Which of the following statements is are not true about social work practice models?

The idiographic model seeks to understand everything about a particular case,through the use of as many causative factors as possible.

The statement "Social workers should be empathic" is a(n)

A probabilistic explanation takes the form

Marxism is an example of: