Deck 18: Evaluation

Question 1

______ are especially useful when workers want to evaluate the impact of cultural differences.

A) Journals
B) Quantitative methods
C) Scales
D) Qualitative methods

Answer 1

D

Question 2

______ represent a naturally occurring example of a control group.

A) Wait-listed individuals
B) Individuals who have already graduated from the group
C) Members of similar groups in other agencies
D) Demographically similar individuals in the community

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Socially just research is ______.

A) quantitative
B) qualitative
C) participatory
D) focused exclusively on diversity

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following is an example of baseline data?

A) a worker tracking how often a child is able to engage in positive social interactions with others after participating in a social skills group
B) a member journaling how often they experience anxiety over the course of the group
C) a parent tracking how often they yell at their daughter after the first session of a parenting group
D) a member reflecting on how confident they felt speaking in groups as the group closed

Question 5

______ is/are an individualized method of measuring individual progress toward a goal.

A) Values Clarification Rating
B) Behavioral Counts
C) Task Accomplishment Measures
D) Goal Attainment Scaling

Question 6

Psychological instruments are useful for evaluation, but when used in socially just practice, workers must ensure that ______.

A) they are culturally and linguistically appropriate for members
B) they have been validated
C) the agency sanctions their use
D) findings are disseminated to improve practice

Question 7

Process recordings are especially useful at helping workers understand and evaluate ______.

A) group progress toward goals and purposes
B) member progress toward individual goals
C) relationships and interactions between members and between members and the worker
D) member motivations for being in the group

Question 8

A typical goal of analyzing member and worker statements is to evaluate whether the number of ______ increases over time.

A) member-to-member
B) member-to-worker
C) worker-to-member
D) worker-to-worker

Question 9

Evaluating ______ involves the study of a group as a whole system, changes in its development, and interactions in its subsystems.

A) group agreements
B) power structures
C) sociometrics
D) group processes

Question 10

______ are often used to measure environmental change.

A) Behavior counts
B) Sociometric measures
C) Official reports
D) Process recordings

Question 11

Involving members in data analysis represents a significant threat to validity.

Question 12

Accurate evaluation involves a comparison to a "norm"

Question 13

Group structures in the form of communication patterns and power structures are potential targets to evaluate in group work.

Question 14

Efforts to understand member experiences can provide valuable measures of environmental change.

Question 15

Evaluating group work outcomes is unnecessary when operating from a framework of social justice.