Chapter 1
What does the anagram "TROUT" stand for?
T- tentative, R- replication, O- observation, U- unbiased, T- transparent
Defined in various overlapping ways, and sometimes in ways that encompass a board array of components unrelated to making social work practice decisions.
Critical thinking
Research methods that allow for flexibility and subjectivity in order to generate a deeper human understanding.
Qualitative research methods.
In this type of research design, participants are randomly assigned to either a control or experimental group, making it the gold standard for testing causality.
A true experimental design.
What is the panel of professionals called that ensures studies are ethical?
Institutional Review Board (IRB)
When research findings can be applied to broader populations beyond the study sample, the study is said to have this quality.
Generalizability.
What is the process called that involves identifying the things you want to study, and provides a theoretical or conceptual rationale as to how they are interrelated and why you have chosen them for the study?
Conceptualization
A person who provides data for analysis by responding to a survey questionnaire is called a?
Respondent.
The measure of confidence in a study that the dependent variable is/is not affected by the independent variable, and not any other factor
Internal validity.
In single system case design methods, this phase functions as the control.
Baseline
An approach to inquiry that attempts to safeguard against.
Scientific Method
This is a type of systematic review that pools the statistical results across studies of particular interventions and generates conclusions about which interventions have the strongest impacts on treatment outcome.
Meta-analysis
Typically seek to produce precise and generalizable findings.
Quantitative research methods.
This longitudinal study examines more specific subpopulations as they change over time.
Cohort studies.
This principle ensures that researchers do no harm and maximize possible benefits while minimizing potential risks to participants
Beneficence
This set of knowledge, attitudes and skills are formed by reading into the literature on the culture of minority or oppressed populations relevant to a study.
Cultural competence.
A concept being investigated that is characterized by different attributes.
Variable.
The number of people participating in a survey divided by the number of people who were asked to respond, in the form of a percentage.
Response rate.
When there is a disconcerting rate of attrition, all participants including those who dropped out of the treatment have their outcomes assessed and included in the data analysis.
Intent-to-treat-analysis.
An observation method in which the observer blends into the surroundings to record, and is not in the awareness of the subjects being observed
Unobtrusive observation.
Drawing broad conclusions based on limited or unrepresentative observations.
Overgeneralization.
The process of integrating the best available research with clinical expertise and client values.
Evidence-based practice.
A research approach combining quantitative and qualitative techniques for a more comprehensive understanding.
Mixed methods.
A set of philosophical assumptions about the nature of reality—a fundamental model or scheme that organizes our view of some things.
Paradigm.
The process of providing research participants with all necessary information to voluntarily decide whether to participate.
Informed consent.
The measurement procedure developed in one culture will have the same value and meaning when administered to people in another culture.
Measurement equivalence.
This term refers to the group or individuals a researcher chooses to study in order to draw conclusions about a larger population.
Sample.
A critique of this type of research platform is that it can be too rigid and standardized for the researcher to have a stronger grasp on the social context they are studying.
Survey.
When the participant is keenly aware of being observed and thus may be predisposed to behave in ways that meet experimenter expectancies.
Obtrusive observation.
Sampling technique where the researcher increases their sample size by asking individuals for information to find other participants.
Snowball sampling.
This definition of a variable identifies the observable indicators that will be used to determine that variable’s attributes.
Operational definition.
A level of measurement with rank ordered variables of equal distance apart but do not have a true zero point for example, IQ or Fahrenheit temperature.
Interval level temperature.
A variable that influences the strength or direction of a relationship between the independent and dependent variables.
Moderating variable.