Toby is a service provider in a major metropolitan area. He is part of a team of social workers that
provides outreach to the homeless population. During the team's monthly meeting Toby suggests that
some of the services should be modified.
What is the definition of a service?
a) A subunit of a social agency
b) Activities of programs offered to clients
c) Services of one practitioner
d) Based in religion or spirituality
A researcher determined that interventions based in the empowerment perspective were statistically
associated with employment status.
More specifically, the findings indicated that neighborhood
employment rates decreased when social workers provided neighborhood residents with access to
computers and vocational contacts. Further, the researcher claimed that the result had strong external
validity. What does strong external validity suggest for research?
a) The measure is consistent
b) The measure is accurate
c) Results can be generalized by other people
d) Intervention truly caused the outcome
There is controversy in the community as a group has animosity against the local, state, and federal
governments' tendencies to blur the lines between church and state. The group is identified as an
agnostic task group.
The group endorses multiple views of religion and spirituality, and currently is
emphasizing the boundary convolution between church and state. Social scientists are fascinated with
this task group and decide to build more of an understanding into the complexities of the group.
What type of qualitative data analysis is most appropriate?
a) Close-ended questioning
b) Hypothesis testing
c) Case study
d) Correlation
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