Conducting Individual Interviews with Potential Members Before Convening a Treatment

question 27

Multiple Choice

Conducting individual interviews with potential members before convening a treatment group primarily serves the purpose of:​

• A)​counselling the depressed group members.
• B)​ensuring that the intervention approach succeeds.
• C)​understanding the members' behaviors.
• D)​reducing responsibility on the part of the social worker.

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Definitions:

Path Analysis

A statistical method employed to explain the directional dependencies between multiple variables.

ANCOVA

Analysis of Covariance, a blend of ANOVA and regression, used for statistical control of one or more quantitative variables that covary with the dependent variable.

Equalize Initial Differences

Refers to the process of adjusting for variations among participants or conditions at the start of an experiment to ensure that any observed effects are due to the experimental manipulation rather than pre-existing differences.

Group Differences

Disparities or variances between the means or proportions of two or more groups in a study, implying varying effects of treatments or conditions.