An Experiment Is Conducted to Test the Effectiveness of a Social

question 27

Multiple Choice

An experiment is conducted to test the effectiveness of a social work intervention. The experimental group improves more than does the control group, but the results are not statistically significant. This means that​

• A) ​the intervention was not effective.
• B) ​the intervention was effective, but not at a significant level.
• C) ​we cannot rule out sampling error in inferring about the effectiveness of the intervention.
• D) ​the results were clinically significant despite not being statistically significant.

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Definitions:

Dispositional Attribution

A decision by an observer to attribute a behavior to the internal state(s) of the person who performed it rather than to factors in that person’s environment.

Internal Locus

An individual's belief that they can control their life events and outcomes, as opposed to external forces having that control.

External Locus

The belief that external forces or situations beyond one's own control dictate the outcomes of one's actions.

Lower Status

The ranking or position that is considered inferior or less prestigious within a social or organizational hierarchy.