The text states that there are three conditions that must be present in
relationships in order to conclude that one variable (x) causes the
changes in the other (y). Which of those below are not one of those
conditions?
A. x must actually precede y in time order.
B. x and y must consistently covary
C. it must be in a cross-sectional research design
D. All other explanations for changes in y must be ruled out
A social work researcher wants to know the impact of home visits on
hospital admissions. In designing the study it is hoped that some
explanations will be developed in order to reduce hospital admissions.
What type of research is this?
A. Exploratory
B. Explanatory
C. Descriptive
D. Qualitative
If a researcher wants to do a search on African American Females and
eating disorders the best thing to do would be to:
A. Talk to an African American Female with an eating disorder
B. Just review eating disorders, as there is probably no
difference related to ethnicity.
C. Take the first few articles that are found on a database search
because they are more relevant to your topic
D. Do an advanced search on the database to further delineate
your topic.
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