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Chapter 1 Quiz  The executive director of a community center requests an assessment of how youth in the neighborhood spend their leisure time, including what after school activities they attend and what type of sports activities they prefer. She has asked for which type of research to be conducted: o Descriptive  When the sample of participants is reflective of the characteristics of the population, it is said to be: o Generalizable  A social work researcher measures job stress and burnout in a sample of child welfare workers in one county agency. They find that most of the workers have high levels of job stress but do not suffer from burnout. They present their findings to a group of child welfare agency directors from various counties across the U.S. Many directors whose county office was not the focus of the study assert that the findings would not hold in their agencies. This assertion is a challenge _______ of the findings. o Cross-population generalizability  When a conclusion that A leads to or results in B is correct. o Casual Validity  When findings about one group, population, or setting holds true for other groups, populations, or settings.

o External Validity  When a conclusion based on a subset of a larger population holds true for the entire population. o Sample Generalizability  When a measure measures what we think it measures. o Measurement Validity  When a conclusion that A leads to or results in B is correct. o Internal Validity  When findings about one group, population, or setting holds true for other groups, populations, or settings. o Cross population generalizability  In the presence of their parents, children are asked if they have ever lied to their teachers. Over 90 percent of the children responded that they had never lied to their parents. The researchers thus conclude that children are usually honest with their teachers. This raises a question about: o Measurement Validity  The results of a recent survey found that only 23% of social workers use the internet to provide services, compared to 48% of professional counselors. This study is an example of which kind of social research? o Descriptive

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