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1 Suppose you collect data on the following variables for your current clients: age, gender, marital status. You report such data as the mean age, the proportion who are male and female, and the proportion who are in each of several categories of marital status. What is the category of research that you are conducting?Explanatory researchExploratory researchEvaluative researchDescriptive research

2 Suppose you collect data on the scores for anxiety for your nine clients who are being treated for anxiety with a special intervention. You collect data on their anxiety scores once before the treatment begins and once at the end of the treatment period. You report whether the anxiety scores improved and whether these data are statistically significant. What type of research are your undertaking?Explanatory researchExploratory researchEvaluative researchDescriptive research

3 Suppose you collect data on a group of 24 students in your class with regard to two variables: (a) whether the study subject engages in regular aerobic exercise and (b) whether the study subject has experienced minor illnesses in the past 6 months. You are expecting that those who exercise are less likely to have experienced minor illnesses recently. You test this expectation with your data. What type of research are you undertaking?Explanatory researchExploratory researchEvaluative researchDescriptive research

4 If an improvement in scores on depression for your clients can be explained by chance, which of the following does this mean?You can conclude that your intervention caused the client’s improvementYou can generalize your findings to the study populationBoth of the aboveNone of the above

5 A theory isAn attempt to explainA truthAn expressionA conclusion

6 Which of the following statements is/are true?A program evaluation has a broader scope than an evaluation of an interventionA program evaluation may include evaluations of various interventionsBoth of the aboveNone of the above

7 Qualitative research measures concepts with regard toNumbersCategoriesWordsNone of the above

8 Statistical significance provides information with regard toCausationChanceGeneralizationConsideration

Answers: 1 = d; 2 = c; 3 = a; 4 = d; 5 = a; 6 = c; 7 = c; 8 = b