Deck 1: Introduction

Question 1

The human services professionals are moving in the direction of evidence-based practice, which is the integration of which of the following three components?

A)the best research evidence, use of clinical expertise, client values
B)mission statement, use of clinical expertise, client consent
C)the best empirical research, community input, and use of clinical judgment
D)literature review, program objectives, effective interventions

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Within an agency, two programs may service philosophies that differ.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The main purposes of program evaluation are to attempt to build theory and add to the knowledge base of the profession.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Program evaluation involves making comparisons to other agencies, past or prior efforts or against a stated objective.

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a good reason to base your program on a sound theoretical model?

A)it helps ensure that funding sources will favor your program
B)it helps ensure the consistency of the approach
C)it helps to organize the program
D)it aids in problem conceptualization and proposed interventions

Question 6

The belief that valid knowledge about the objective world can be determined through scientific research is which philosophical foundation of program evaluation?

A)realism
B)positivism
C)pragmatism
D)scientism
E)none of the above

Question 7

Program evaluation and basic research have some similarities.Which of the following is a difference between the two approaches?

A)beginning with a problem, question or hypotheses
B)a design is developed then data are gathered
C)data are analyzed and a report is written
D)the expected use or utility of the data

Question 8

Evaluative research helps those in the social sciences to

A)objectively describe things
B)uncover the causes of psychological problems
C)uncover the processes by which interventions work
D)help determine whether the needs of clients are being met

Question 9

Programs have their own identify.

Question 10

A(n) _______________________ definition is the way a variable is defined and measured for the purposes of the evaluation or study.

A)accurate
B)measurable
C)good
D)operational

Question 11

Agency A is known in their large urban community for their annual fund-raiser held every year in the summer, which is a regionally televised event.This is an example of which of the characteristics of a "good" program?

A)staffing
B)evidence-based research foundation
C)stable funding
D)recognized identity

Question 12

The Campbell Collaboration and the Cochrane Collaboration are

A)theoreticians that can help practitioners find a theory upon which to base their programs
B)websites that contain systematic reviews of research projects
C)compendia of treatment manuals used to guide program development
D)groups of practitioners that determine if interventions are empirically supported

Question 13

If there have been a large series of single case designs (more than 9) demonstrating efficacy, which criteria must be met to be considered an empirically supported treatment?

A)use of good experimental design
B)compared the intervention to another treatment
C)use of a treatment manual
D)demonstrated effects by at least two different investigators or practitioners
E)all of the above are criteria that must be met

Question 14

Program evaluation studies are considered an inadequate way to test the validity of theories.

Question 15

You run a drug abuse prevention education for high school youth.You are asked to complete an evaluation of the program because recently some community members asked the school board to not fund this program because they had read previous studies about the DARE program and said these programs do not work.You believe the program is meeting its goals and want to show that it is effective, as well as a good use of public funds.This is an example of which reason to evaluate programs?

A)testing a new intervention
B)competition for scarce funds
C)evaluation for accountability
D)evaluation for proof of met goals

Question 16

According to the APA's Clinical Psychology Task Force on Promotion and Dissemination of Psychological Procedures, in order for a psychosocial intervention to be considered for inclusion in the list of empirically supported treatments, it has to meet which of the following criteria when there have been at least two good between-group design experiments?

A)superior to pill or psychological placebo or to another treatment
B)equivalent to an already established treatment in experiments with adequate statistical power
C)a history of at least ten years of implementation by practitioners
D)both a and b

Question 17

What is the definition of a program?

A)a group of individuals advocating for services for a vulnerable population
B)an organized collection of activities designed to reach certain objectives
C)a multi-disciplinary group of volunteers seeking to add to the knowledge base of a certain field
D)a grass-roots effort aimed at securing funding for services that are to be developed

Question 18

Characteristics of a "good" program include all of the following EXCEPT:

A)staffing
B)stable funding
C)only services that are empirically based
D)a conceptual or theoretical foundation