LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor Research and Program Evaluation Questions and Answers

Question 1

A counselor at a community agency wants to investigate the effectiveness of a new mindfulness intervention on client anxiety levels.
They use clients from their morning group as the treatment group and clients from an afternoon group as the control group.
Because clients were not randomly assigned to the groups, which research design is being utilized?

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Quasi-Experimental Design

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True Experimental Design

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Correlational Design

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Single-Subject Design

Question 2

In research methodology, which of the following best describes internal validity?

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The degree of confidence that the causal relationship being tested is trustworthy and not influenced by other factors.

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The extent to which the results of a study can be generalized to other populations or settings.

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The degree to which an instrument consistently measures a construct over time.

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The extent to which an assessment appears to measure what it claims to measure on the surface.

Question 3

A counselor is halfway through implementing a new 12-week career counseling curriculum. They administer a brief survey to participants to gather feedback on the pacing and clarity of materials to make adjustments for the remaining weeks. This is an example of which type of evaluation?

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Formative Evaluation

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Summative Evaluation

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Outcome Evaluation

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Needs Assessment

Question 4

A researcher conducts a study comparing an experimental group to a control group and finds a p-value of .04. In social science research, what is the most common interpretation of this result?

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The results are statistically significant, indicating the observed difference is unlikely due to chance, and the null hypothesis is rejected.

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The results are not statistically significant, and the null hypothesis is accepted.

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There is a 4% chance that the alternative hypothesis is true.

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The study has a small effect size and limited practical importance.

Question 5

Which of the following research approaches is most concerned with exploring phenomena through non-numerical data, such as interviews and observations, to understand the richness of lived experiences and meanings?

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Qualitative Research

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Experimental Research

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Quantitative Research

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Correlational Research

Question 6

A school counselor develops a new anti-bullying program. Before implementing any interventions, the counselor collects survey data from students and teachers and reviews disciplinary records to understand the scope, nature, and characteristics of the bullying problem at the school. This initial step is best described as a:

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Needs Assessment

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Summative Evaluation

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Process Evaluation

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Quasi-Experimental Study