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A researcher develops a list of questions to assess the relationship between religious beliefs and child-rearing styles. She randomly divides the list of questions into two sets and finds that the results have a high correlation. This questionnaire has a high degree of which of the following
A. Correct answer: Split-half reliability
Split-half reliability is calculated by randomly splitting a list of questions into sets, then finding the correlation between the two. If there is a high correlation between the two sets, the measure is said to have high split-half reliability.
Parallel-forms reliability is similar in that two separate sets of questions are administered, but the questions on each form of the assessment are not chosen randomly. Inter-rater reliability is the degree to which different raters score the same responses and behaviors in the same way. Test-retest reliability is the degree to which scores are the same when the same measure is given to the same subjects twice.
Compassion fatigue is common in the counseling field. Which of the following is not a symptom of compassion fatigue?
Explanation Details
Correct answer: An increased desire to help clients
It is common for counselors to experience compassion fatigue, a result of working with difficult client issues. Signs of compassion fatigue include loss of interest in client concerns, boredom, lack of empathy, and others. Counselors who are experiencing compassion fatigue, therefore, typically have a decreased (rather than increased) desire to help clients.
Budgeting, supervision, marketing, and evaluation are all essential components of:
Explanation Details
Correct answer: managing a counseling program
Counseling program management is similar to other management positions in that it requires a specialized set of skills. These include strategic planning, which refers to assessment of the current state of the program and how it might look different in the future, program design and development, budgeting, personnel management, supervision, evaluation, and marketing and public relations.
All of the following are commonly used post hoc tests except which one?
Explanation Details
Correct answer: Mann-Whitney U test
Researchers might apply a test after the analysis of variance is calculated (post hoc) if it is unclear as to which mean scores are significantly different from each other. Post hoc tests that may be able to clarify this problem include Scheffe’s method, Tukey’s HSD (Honestly Significant Difference), Newman-Keuls, and Duncan’s new multiple range test. The Mann-Whitney U test is a nonparametric measure used when scores collected from two independent samples do not follow normal distributions.
All of the following are true about CACREP except which one?
Explanation Details
Correct answer: It was founded in 1940
The Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) was founded in 1981 (not 1940) as the organization that accredits master’s and doctoral counselor training programs. CACREP supports and encourages review of existing academic counseling programs, establishes standards for professional competence and prepares future practitioners.
