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Intro to Scientific Inquiry
EBP/Philosophy & Theory
Research Ethics
Culturally Competent Research
Purposes of Social Work Research
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This document specifically requires social workers to keep current with and critically examine practice-related research in the professional literature and to include evidence-based practice knowledge as part of the practice knowledge base.
What is the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics?
100
All of the following are components have this in common: Formulating a question, searching for evidence, critically appraising the studies you find
What is What is scientific inquiry?
100
This term refers to the situation in which the researcher- although knowing which data describe which participants- agrees not to share that information
What is confidentiality?
100
This term means that a measurement procedure developed in one culture will have the same value and meaning when administered to people in another culture
What is measurement equivalence?
100
This term describing a purpose of research, provides a beginning familiarity with the research topic and its purpose is typical when a researcher is examining a new interest or when the subject of study is relatively new
What is exploratory research?
200
This term means duplicating a study to see if the same evidence and conclusions are produced
What is replication?
200
Evidence-based practice was born out of what field to address shortcomings and haphazard and inconsistent utilization of knowledge
What is the medical field?
200
“IRB” stands for this in the world of research
What is Institutional Review Board?
200
(True or false)Studies that do not include accurate representation from specific minority and oppressed populations in their samples are not generalizable to those populations
What is true?
200
This research purpose includes describing situations and events.
What is description research?
300
This secondhand way to attempt to learn is advantageous, as knowledge is cumulative and allows one to build on a body of existing and agreed upon knowledge
What is “Tradition?”
300
This is formed by a systematic set of interrelated statements intended to explain some aspect of social life or enrich our sense of how people conduct and find meaning in their lives.
What is theory?
300
This term refers to the situation in which even the researcher cannot identify an individual by the specific information that has been supplied
What is anonymity?
300
(True or False) Representatives from the minority cultures being studies should be included in the formulation of the research questions and in all subsequent stages of the research
What is True?
300
This social work research purpose looks to explain things
What is explanation research?
400
This way of knowing combines use of logical reasoning and can imply widely shared beliefs
What is “Common sense?”
400
This research paradigm is distinguished by its focus on oppression and its commitment to using research procedures to empower oppressed groups
What is critical social science?
400
This term refers to the situation in which the researcher- although knowing which data describe which participants- agrees not to share that information.
What is is confidentiality?
400
This term describes a process in which a group or individual changes after coming into contact with a majority culture, talking the language, values, attributes, and lifestyle preferences of the majority culture
What is acculturation?
400
This social work research purpose often uses existing social work programs, policies, and interventions
What is evaluation research?
500
This scientific flaw is based on us failing to observe things right in front of us and mistakenly observe things that are not so.
What is “Inaccurate observation?”
500
This paradigm rejects the notion of an objective reality and of objective standards of truth and logical reasoning associated with the scientific method (there can be no objective standards of truth, because that is no distinction between the external world and what’s in our minds. Everything is subjective; no points of view about reality are superior to others)
What is postmodernism?
500
This procedure involves informing the participant of the study purpose, what participation in the study will look like, informing the participant of the possible harm and benefits of participation, and seeking agreement to participate.
What is is informed consent?
500
This term means that instruments and observed behaviors have the same meanings across cultures
What is conceptual equivalence?
500
: These need to be posed in a way that can be answered by observable evidence
What are research questions?