Reference no: EM132792809
Ethics and Cultural Competence in Program Evaluation and t Tests
Introduction
Social work is a profession driven by a code of ethics and, therefore, social workers must be cognizant of ethical issues that could arise in conducting program evaluations. Ethical considerations must be made at all steps of the evaluation process: 1) engage stakeholders, 2) describe the program, 3) focus the evaluation, 4) gather credible data, 5) justify conclusions, and 6) ensure use and share lessons learned (Grinnell, Gabor, &Unrau, 2016). Examples of ethical considerations include ensuring informed consent of research participants, maintaining the confidentiality or anonymity of participants, ensuring that risks to participating in research are minimized, and upholding integrity and honesty in presenting results. Formal mechanisms, such as the Institutional Review Board (IRB), are in place to ensure that research ethics are upheld.
Read Full Introduction
Learning Activities
Readings
Use your Using IBM SPSS Statistics text to read the following:
Chapter 12, "Inferential Statistics."
Chapter 13, "One-Sample t Test and a Binomial Test of Equality."
Chapter 14, "Independent-Samples t Test and Mann-Whitney U Test."
Chapter 15, "Paired-Samples t Test and Wilcoxon Test."
Use the Capella library to read the following:
Grinnell, R. M., Jr., Gabor, P. A., &Unrau, Y. A. (2016). Program evaluation for social workers: Foundations of evidence-based programs (7th ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Chapter 5, "Ethics."
Chapter 6, "Cultural Competence."
Complete the following Capella multimedia:
Tutorial: Statistics-t Tests.
Unit 5 Assignment 1
SPSS: t Tests
Assignment Overview
By successfully completing this assignment, you demonstrate your proficiency in the following competency and specialized behaviors:
Competency 4: Engage in practice-informed research and research-informed practice.
C4.SP.A: Apply leadership skills, decision making, and the use of technology to inform evidence-based research practice to develop, implement, evaluate, and communicate interventions across the specialization of advanced generalist practice settings.
Related Assignment Criteria:
1: Devise accurate SPSS datasets.
3: Describe and report the statistical method or test outcomes using the appropriate statistical method or test.
C4.SP.B: Apply leadership skills, decision making, and the use of technology to inform program evaluation to develop, implement, evaluate, and communicate interventions across the specialization of advanced generalist practice settings.
Related Assignment Criteria:
2: Develop appropriate statistical tests and reports that assist in program evaluation.
4: Apply critical thinking in verbal and written communication through the use of leadership and technology.
Assignment Scenario
The town of Brant has started an after-school program for high school youth to prepare them for the ACT college entrance examination. The after-school program had 29 youth participants; the program manager compared their ACT scores with the ACT scores of 36 similar high school youth who did not participate in the after-school program. The program manager wants to determine if the after-school program had a positive effect on ACT scores. You will use the Unit 5 Dataset, given in the resources, to complete this assignment.
Assignment Instructions
For this assignment, complete the following in a one-page, APA-formatted paper:
Review the tutorial in the unit study, which demonstrates t tests using two different scenarios. Then determine which type of t test to conduct. Once you have determined that, answer the following:
What is the sample size?
What is the sample mean of each group?
Identify the following factors based on the table you develop in SPSS:
Mean difference.
T obtained (t).
Degrees of freedom (df).
Significance (two-tailed).
Write a brief narrative explaining the implications of your findings based on the value of the test statistic:
Would you retain or reject the null hypothesis?
What are limitations that must be considered in interpreting the results?
Be sure to attach the Unit 5 Dataset, given in the resources.
Additional Requirements
Your assignment should meet the following requirements:
Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting standards.
Length of paper: One double-spaced page.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
Attachment:- Ethics and Cultural Competence.rar