Social Work Research

I’ll Take Is This Ethical? for 500, Alex.

100

IRB's Main Purpose

To review all research proposals involving human subjects and rule on their ethics

200

3 Levels of IRB Review

Exempt

Expedited

Full Review

300

This type of review carries little to no risk

exempt

400

This type of review carries minimal risk

Expedited

500

What type of review is reviewed by 1 to 2 members of the IRB

Exempt

Lies, Half-Truths, and Research Protocols

100

Who do you NOT use deception with

Law Enforcement

200

Deception cannot be used in this type of study

Exempted Study

300

Vulnerable populations cannot be used in this type of study

exempted studies

400

What are some vulnerable populations? 

The elderly, Children, Convicts/Prisoners, The unhoused, The economically disadvantaged

500

What year were human subjects protected

1974

IRB or Not IRB? That Is the Question.

100

What type of review is reviewed by a single IRB member or a small subcommittee

Expedited 

200

What type of review is preformed by the full force of the IRB

Full Review

300

Participants in studies are allowed to

Withdrawal at any time and ask questions

400

Subjects in research studies must be given

sufficient information

500

This Type of research has little risk of physical harm

Social Work research 

Sampling: Because Asking Everyone Is Hard

100

What is the purpose of sampling

So a small group can tell you something about the entire population of interest

200

Select a _____ group for a large population

representative sample

300

Allow for _______ responses if it does not compromise the study

Hint: Used typically with sexual abuse victims or gangs

anonymous

400

What should you do to subject responses so that only key people can link subjects to their responses

Code them

500

Sensitive information should be _________ through the use of _________

Protected ; Pseudonyms 

Sampling: I Asked Three People and Now It’s Science

100

List of total people with relevant characteristics

Sampling Frame 

200

When each member of the population has an equal chance of being selected for the sample

Simple Random Sampling (SRS)

300

When a representative sample has been divided into subpopulations

example: by race or gender

stratified random sampling

400

Used when members of a population are hard to locate - collect data, then ask participants to refer others

Snowball Sampling 

500

Uses random sampling to obtain reliable and unbiased data

- uses a sample frame

Probability Sampling design