Just In Case

Question 1

What are some ethical issues in social work research

Answer 1

Voluntary participation and informed consent, no harm to participants, anonymity and confidentiality, deceiving participants, analysis and reporting

Question 2

Define measurement

Answer 2

I The process of describing abstract concepts in terms of specific indicators by assigning numbers are other symbols to these indicants in accordance with rules

Question 3

What is an indicator

Answer 3

An observation that we assume is evidence of the attributes or properties of some phenomenon

Question 4

What is an item

Answer 4

Single indicator of a variable; many times the process of operationalizing a variable involves combining a number of items into a composite score called an index or scale

Question 5

What is the difference between discrete and continuous variables

Answer 5

Discrete variables-a finite number of distinct and separate variables; nominal and ordinal variables are discrete: why. Continuous variables can take on a number of values; many variables at the interval and ratio level or continuous: age.

Question 6

What is causal validity

Answer 6

Exists when we can make the conclusion that A to b (internal validity)