SWK 640 Chapter 17 Assignment/Case Study
Discuss how you would interpret the following bivariate table for an imaginary study comparing the effectiveness of two interventions aimed at preventing future child abuse among high-risk parents.
Explain why you would want to employ inferential statistics to further analyze the data.
Identify from the above narrative the data that can be converted to numerals and codes for analysis.
What would be the most ideal form of analysis—Univariate, Bivariate, or Multivariate? Justify.
Identify variables that can be assessed using the levels of measurement.
Create a hypothesis for a basic causal study between two variables associated with counseling or social work in an area of interest to you. Outline the steps and methods you would implement to interpret your results.
Discuss the importance of obtaining substantive significance in research studies. How would you make sure the causal study you created has substantive significance?
Why is it important to be able to refute chance in examining relationships among variables? Describe a situation you might encounter as a social work practitioner in which you would need to be able to rule out the possibility of a chance of relationship
