Deck 4: Problem Formulation

Question 1

A research problem is what the researcher wants to ______.

A) know
B) study
C) argue
D) debate

Answer 1

B

Question 2

In practice professions, such as social work, the research problems are often conceptualized as practice problems that could be ______ in some way.

A) improved
B) altered
C) stopped
D) studied

Answer 2

A

Question 3

A ______ question is used to address a research problem.

A) theory
B) study
C) research
D) problem

Answer 3

C

Question 4

What does a researcher seek to better understand?

A) a success story
B) a problem
C) methods
D) choices

Question 5

Every researcher starts their study by conducting a ______.

A) study
B) focus group
C) literature review
D) conversation with supervisors

Question 6

A literature review determines gaps in ______ about the topic.

A) caring
B) knowledge
C) understanding
D) focus

Question 7

A literature review determines how other researchers have defined and ______ key concepts in the research question.

A) proven
B) argued
C) supported
D) measured

Question 8

Existing ______ on a topic can be determined through a literature review.

A) fundraisers
B) experts
C) students
D) teachers

Question 9

Why do we conduct literature reviews?

A) to avoid thinking too far outside the box with research
B) It allows researchers to know if they are wrong.
C) to prevent accidentally duplicating research
D) to create questions based on others' ideas

Question 10

What might it mean if a topic is not well-researched?

A) The topic is pointless.
B) No one cares about the topic.
C) It may be a new topic to explore.
D) All research has been done on that topic.

Question 11

If the literature is well-developed with many articles published, what might you examine?

A) who cares about this problem
B) existing assumptions about the problem
C) whether the research matters
D) whether there is a problem at all

Question 12

Why should social work practice problems be client focused?

A) The field needs to turn clients into researchers.
B) Solving problems grows a social worker's private practice.
C) The field's focus is on clients.
D) Clients determine what research gets funded.

Question 13

When considering COPES, why is prevention an important area?

A) to avoid harmful situations
B) to stop worthless research from taking place
C) to encourage clients to avoid getting attached to clinicians
D) to deter funding sources from wasting their money on bad research

Question 14

Which of the following is most likely be a part of a risk assessment questionnaire?

A) recent drug use
B) age
C) salary
D) hobbies

Question 15

What problem might occur if a literature review is poorly executed?

A) redoing someone else's identical research
B) not knowing the results before beginning the research
C) not finding research assistants
D) being unclear about who will benefit from the research

Question 16

Which of the following topics should a social work researcher give priority to?

A) how sugar impacts diabetes
B) clinical benefits of CBT
C) whether biking or walking is better for leg muscle definition
D) which dog food is best for long lives

Question 17

Why must research be empirically based?

A) to include the researcher's opinion
B) It provides international values.
C) to legitimize the information
D) This mandates what a researcher reads.

Question 18

Which of the following should a researcher work to understand?

A) participants favorite color
B) how racism impacts Asian participants
C) whether participants like birds
D) what participants prefer to eat for lunch

Question 19

What might hinder a researcher's ability to complete the research appropriately?

A) interest in the topic
B) other similar research
C) personal opinion
D) education credentials

Question 20

A ______will give you a good overview of the theories used to explain the topic and the methods previously used to study the topic.

A) degree
B) literature review
C) research study
D) focus group

Question 21

A systematic ______ synthesizes existing literature in a way that allows reasonably clear conclusions to be reached about what is known about a topic.

A) revision
B) research
C) review

Question 22

The most common way of searching for literature on one's topic is using ______.

A) electronic databases
B) focus groups
C) existing textbooks
D) word of mouth

Question 23

Selecting ______ can significantly affect how effective your search is in identifying studies which are relevant to your topic.

A) a focus area
B) websites
C) key words
D) a set of values

Question 24

When conducting a literature review, the text recommends looking for what type of articles?

A) peer reviewed
B) articles in English
C) frequently cited
D) free

Question 25

Which of the following criteria might cause you to exclude an article from your research?

A) It is free to see the full article.
B) It is dated 1924.
C) It is a 30-page article.
D) It is dated 2018.

Question 26

Which of the following criteria may cause you to question the results of a study you are reviewing?

A) There are 1,000 participants.
B) There are four participants.
C) All participants speak only English.
D) Every participant is of the same age.

Question 27

Introducing the problem should be done in the ______ paragraph of the literature review.

A) last
B) second
C) first
D) third

Question 28

In a literature review, it is crucial to describe why this problem needs to be ______.

A) researched
B) known
C) changed
D) funded

Question 29

Researchers develop research questions that focus on the ______ of the diverse groups.

A) strengths
B) benefits
C) best
D) problems

Question 30

A systematic review is a specific methodology that locates existing studies; selects and evaluates contributions, analyses, and synthesizes data; and reports the evidence.

Question 31

A focus group is the most well-respected method to get a good overview of the current topic of knowledge.

Question 32

A literature review is the best first step to ascertaining the ways in which your research ideas may be turned into a research question.

Question 33

A literature review should show how the current study will advance knowledge in the area

Question 34

An ethical research question does not violate any of the NASW Code of Ethics related to research and evaluation.

Question 35

Where might you begin to prepare to complete a literature review?

Question 36

Why is a systematic review more useful than a general review of a topic?

Question 37

How can a researcher narrow down search results in a database?

Question 38

What are the parts of a literature review write-up?

Question 39

What are some areas of a transgender person's life that a researcher may develop research questions about?