Question 1

The following is an example of a good hypothesis: "Social work practitioners who work in mental health agencies do not care adequately for the chronically mentally ill."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Develop a properly worded hypothesis that would be relevant to evaluating the effectiveness of some aspect of social work practice.Identify a moderating variable and a mediating variable pertinent to that hypothesis and explain why it would be important to control for them in testing the hypothesis

Accepted Answer

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Question 3

The terms attributes and categories mean the same thing when researchers are mentioning them in reference to their variables.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Construct three hypotheses of interest to social workers.One should predict a positive relationship,another a negative relationship,and a third a curvilinear relationship.Identify the independent and dependent variables in each hypothesis.Discuss your reasoning for predicting the curvilinear relationship.

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

Number of children is an example of a variable at the ratio level of measurement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following statements,as currently stated and without the need for rewording,comes closest to being a useful hypothesis?

Accepted Answer

A) The provision of case management services reduces the number of days spent in institutions. 
B) The provision of case management services should be increased. 
C) The number of days spent in institutions can be decreased. 
D) The greater the number of days spent in institutions, the fewer the number of days spent outside of institutions.

Question 7

Which of the following statements is NOT true if you include only women in a study of a hypothesis:

Accepted Answer

A) You rule out any effect that gender might have on the two variables under study. 
B) Gender is a third variable in the study. 
C) Female is a constant in the study. 
D) You are controlling for the effects of gender.

Question 8

If we hypothesize that a school social work intervention will prevent students from dropping out of school through the mechanism of increasing their level of self esteem,then level of self esteem would be viewed as a mediating variable.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Give an example of a relationship that you think might be spurious,and discuss how you would attempt to ascertain whether it is indeed spurious.

Accepted Answer

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Question 10

If we find that test performance improves as level of anxiety increases from low to moderate amounts and then worsens as level of anxiety increases beyond moderate amounts,then we have found what type of relationship?

Accepted Answer

A) positive. 
B) negative. 
C) curvilinear. 
D) causal.

Question 11

One possible operational definition of patient morale in a nursing home is how happy or optimistic patients feel.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following statements is/are true about the qualitative perspective on operational definitions?

Accepted Answer

A) We may not know the most salient variables before we implement the study. 
B) We may not understand the variables well enough in advance to anticipate the best way to operationally define them. 
C) Specifying variables only in terms of observable indicators is superficial. 
D) All of these are true about the qualitative perspective. 
E) None of these is true about the qualitative perspective.

Question 13

In social work studies testing hypotheses involving the variable "level of social functioning" that variable is:

Accepted Answer

A) always the dependent variable. 
B) always either the dependent or control variable. 
C) always the independent variable. 
D) an independent, dependent, or control variable, depending on what is being conceptualized and postulated in any given study.

Question 14

If a relationship between two variables is spurious:

Accepted Answer

A) it is curvilinear. 
B) it can disappear when a third variable is controlled for. 
C) it will remain unchanged when a third variable is controlled for. 
D) it involves a mediating variable.

Exam 7: Problem Formulation

The following is an example of a good hypothesis: "Social work practitioners who work in mental health agencies do not care adequately for the chronically mentally ill."

Develop a properly worded hypothesis that would be relevant to evaluating the effectiveness of some aspect of social work practice.Identify a moderating variable and a mediating variable pertinent to that hypothesis and explain why it would be important to control for them in testing the hypothesis

The terms attributes and categories mean the same thing when researchers are mentioning them in reference to their variables.

Number of children is an example of a variable at the ratio level of measurement.

Which of the following statements,as currently stated and without the need for rewording,comes closest to being a useful hypothesis?

Which of the following statements is NOT true if you include only women in a study of a hypothesis:

If we hypothesize that a school social work intervention will prevent students from dropping out of school through the mechanism of increasing their level of self esteem,then level of self esteem would be viewed as a mediating variable.

Give an example of a relationship that you think might be spurious,and discuss how you would attempt to ascertain whether it is indeed spurious.

If we find that test performance improves as level of anxiety increases from low to moderate amounts and then worsens as level of anxiety increases beyond moderate amounts,then we have found what type of relationship?

One possible operational definition of patient morale in a nursing home is how happy or optimistic patients feel.

Which of the following statements is/are true about the qualitative perspective on operational definitions?

In social work studies testing hypotheses involving the variable "level of social functioning" that variable is:

If a relationship between two variables is spurious: