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Evaluation research employs which method(s)?
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a. surveys
b. experiments c. observation d. existing statistics ALL OF THE ABOVE |
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Which one of the following is correct? (About evaluation research)
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Evaluation research is a form of applied reserach.
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The recent growth of evaluation research is due primarily to:
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increased federal requirements and financial support.
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Which one of the following is an example of social intervention?
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A stdy of the effect of team teaching on learning.
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Teh most critical problem in evaluation reserach is:
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measuring the outcome.
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The key issue in specifying and measuring outcomes is:
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to consider multiple outcomes nad multiple indicators ofe ach.
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Which of teh following strategies is particularly useful for measuring the effects of experimental contexts?
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Control groups.
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Measures that have been used previously are likely to have higher degrees of:
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validity and reliability.
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Quasi-experimental designs differ from "true" experimenta designs by:
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lack of random assignment and lack of a control group.
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Professor Gabino wants to do an evaluation research study on the effect of a new treatment for learning disabilities. She has only one group of clients and wants to assess the effects over the course of a couple of months. Which design would be best?
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Time-series.
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Professor Yee wants to do an evaluation study of teh effects of a patient education program on patient anxiety. He uses one wing in a hospital for the experiment and compares the results with a similar gropu of patients in a similar wing in another hospital. Which design would be best?
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Nonequivalent control group.
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Cost-benefit analyss is used to assess:
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how much of an increase of effect is suffiient for success, given cost.
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Evaluation researchers encounter more logistical problems than other reserachres because evaluation research:
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occurs in the context of real life.
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The ethical issues of evaluation research center on:
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the nature of social intervention.
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Computer simulations is particularly useful for:
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predicting outcomes of specific social changes.
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The end product of quantifying data is to convert measurements into:
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machine-readable forms
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Which one of the following is an example of a frequency distribution of grouped data for age?
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18-25, 40 people; 26-50, 60 people; over 50. 20 people
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The overall distribution of values for a variable are called :
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marginals
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The process of assigning number to questionnaires responses is known as:
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coding.
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Which measure of central tendency divides the distribution into two halves?
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Median
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With several extreme scores, which measure of dispersion would be most appropriate?
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Interquartile range.
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A fundemental dilemma in presenting data is:
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detail verus mangaeability.
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Descriptive analyses are most often accomplished with which type of statistical analysis?
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Univariate.
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Comparing the church attendance of men and women for descriptive purposes is an example of:
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subgroup comparisons.
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Professor Dorn analyzed the relationship between age and voting behavior. This is an example of which type of analysis?
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Bivariate.
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The fundaental rule in reading tables is to:
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read across the categories of the independent variable in analyzing the dependent variable.
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Another term for bivariate tables is:
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contingency tables.
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Professor Goldsmid studied the relationshp between gender and religiousity while controlling for social class. This is an example of which type of analysis?
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Multivariate analysis.
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Combining two independent variables and one dependent variable into one tbale is possible only when:
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the dependent variable is dichotomous.
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