Deck 9: New Directions in Emerging Disabilities Research

Question 1

A research study examining the employment concerns of Americans with asthma would be considered ______ research according to the authors.

A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Tertiary
D) Qualitative

Answer 1

A

Question 2

A research study examining the extent to which CORE-accredited rehabilitation counselor education programs include content regarding the characteristics and needs of people with emerging disabilities would be considered _______ research according to the authors.

A) Secondary
B) Tertiary
C) Phenomenological
D) Purposive

Answer 2

B

Question 3

A research study examining the attitudes of practicing rehabilitation counselors regarding clients with dementia and their families would be considered ______ research according to the authors.

A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Tertiary
D) Participatory action

Answer 3

B

Question 4

According to the authors, who are the "best experts" regarding the medical, psychosocial, and vocational needs of people with emerging disabilities?

A) Certified Rehabilitation Counselors
B) Licensed psychologists
C) Physicians
D) People with emerging disabilities themselves

Question 5

Which of the following was identified as a primary focus of rehabilitation research?

A) The interests, skills, values, attitudes, and experiences of people with disabilities
B) Research productivity of professors in rehabilitation education programs
C) Attitudes of rehabilitation counselors toward supported employment
D) Curriculum content in master's-level graduate training programs

Question 6

The process of including people with disabilities as partners in all aspects of a research investigation is known as:

A) Inclusion-Oriented Research
B) The Working Alliance
C) Consensus-Driven Ethnography
D) Participatory Action Research

Question 7

The authors called for increased research attention to workplace discrimination against people with emerging disabilities under:

A) The Warsaw Pact
B) The Rehabilitation Act
C) The Geneva Convention
D) The Americans With Disabilities Act Amendments Act

Question 8

Which of the following topic areas was NOT one that the authors described as a fertile line of scientific inquiry for future emerging disabilities researchers?

A) Assistive technology
B) Evidence-based practice
C) Self-advocacy strategies
D) Attitudes of human resource managers toward the hiring of people with emerging disabilities

Question 9

Which of the following qualitative research techniques was mentioned as an important tool for future emerging disabilities researchers?

A) Reflexive coding
B) Triangulation
C) Focus groups
D) Member checks

Question 10

Which of the following data analytic techniques was identified as one that should be more widely used in emerging disabilities research?

A) Analysis of variance
B) Multiple regression
C) Hierarchical linear modeling
D) T-tests

Question 11

Describe three strategies you would use to more actively include people with emerging disabilities as partners in the research process.

Question 12

Briefly describe the role that theory plays in building the knowledge base regarding the experiences and outcomes of people with emerging disabilities.