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  1. A student assistance counselor compares students' pre-program and post-program scores on a substance use attitude scale. This is an example of which evaluation design?

    Answer: Pre-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design

    A one-group pretest-posttest design measures change within a single group from before to after an intervention, without a comparison group.

  2. Which statistic BEST describes the typical score in a data set when there are extreme outliers present?

    Answer: Median

    The median is resistant to extreme values (outliers), making it the best measure of central tendency when a data set contains outliers.

  3. A program shows a statistically significant reduction in risk behavior. This finding PRIMARILY means that:

    Answer: The result is unlikely to have occurred by chance alone

    Statistical significance indicates that the probability of the observed result occurring by chance is below a defined threshold (typically p < .05), not that the effect is practically large.

  4. An 'outcome measure' in a student assistance program BEST refers to:

    Answer: A change in student knowledge, attitude, or behavior following an intervention

    Outcome measures capture changes in the target population—such as attitudes, knowledge, or behaviors—that result from program participation.

  5. Which of the following is a PROCESS (fidelity) measure rather than an outcome measure?

    Answer: Percentage of curriculum lessons delivered as designed

    Fidelity (process) measures document whether a program was implemented as intended, such as the percentage of curriculum sessions delivered correctly.

  6. When evaluating a substance use prevention program's effectiveness, a counselor should compare results to:

    Answer: Baseline data collected from the same school before implementation

    Comparing post-program data to the school's own baseline is the most internally valid method for detecting program-related change in the local context.

  7. A counselor notices that older students complete prevention surveys with significantly lower risk scores than younger students. Before concluding prevention is working, the counselor should consider:

    Answer: All of the above as alternative explanations

    Multiple alternative explanations—instrument appropriateness, response bias, and dosage differences—must all be considered before attributing the finding to program effectiveness.