Quiz 2 - Chapter 4

Question 1

_______ inquiry can be complementary with ______ inquiry

Answer 1

1. Subjective – intrepretation based on experience

2. Objective – natural; avoiding influence

Question 2

T or F: In the research process, there is often movement back and forth across beginning phases

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Qualitative and Quantitative research methods are _______

Answer 3

Complimentary

Question 4

What proportion of returning combat veterans have a substance use disorder?
How many clients receiving our agency services are homeless?
How effective is our agency in reducing homelessness?

Are all examples of:

Answer 4

A QUANTITATIVE research question

Question 5

How does it feel to be homeless?

Is an example of:

Answer 5

A QUALITATIVE research question

Question 6

If researchers wanted to find the average age of all licensed social workers in a country, they would undertake:

Answer 6

A quantitative study

Question 7

Precision in an aim of which study?

Answer 7

Quantitative

Question 8

What are aims of qualitative studies?

Answer 8

1. Deeper understanding
2. Generating hypotheses
3. Discovery

Question 9

Compared to quantitative studies, qualitative studies are more ________.

Answer 9

Inductive

Question 10

What are reasons for using mixed methods?

Answer 10

1. To use one set of methods to illustrate cases or provide numbers for the findings of the other set
2. To use one set to initiate ideas that subsequently can be pursued by the other set
3. To see if two sets of findings corroborate each other