Types of Research Designs:
AB
Multiple Time Series Design
ABAB
Dismantling Study
Multiple Baseline Designs
One Group Pre-test Post-test Design
Multiple Component Design
Alternative Treatment Design
One Shot Case Study
Solomon Four Group Design
1.) Bobby, a third grader, frequently gets out of his seat math class, which disrupts the rest of the students. The classroom aide keeps a tally of how many times Bobby gets out of his seat during math class every day for two weeks. Then, the aide and the teacher start using a strategy where the classroom aide sits beside Bobby during math class (using proximity as the intervention). The classroom aide continues to keep tally of how many times Bobby gets out of his seat. Name this research design: ____________________
2.) You work at a substance abuse agency that is trying to find a way to cut costs. Your boss asks you to do a study about whether or not both the Psychoeducational group and the Process Group are necessary for successful outcomes for the clients. What research design would be most appropriate to answer that question? __________________________
3.) Adults in a Smoking Cessation group keep a personal log of how many cigarettes they smoke daily. After ten days in the group, group member Roger was assigned a “sponsor member”. Roger was asked to text his sponsor daily with the number of cigarettes he smoked, and the sponsor was asked to offer support/advice on Roger’s efforts to quit. The sponsor worked with Roger for ten days, and then moved on to sponsor new member Kathy for ten days, leaving Roger to simply self report in his log for those days. After spending ten days working with Kathy, the sponsor alternated back to sponsoring Roger. Name this research design: ________________________
4.) Your coworker wants to raise awareness about the heroine epidemic in the western suburbs. She shows agency staff a news story about the growing problem, incidence rates, and the symptoms of heroin use in clients. She then asks staff to complete a quiz to see if they video was successful in teaching them about this issue. Name this research design: ____________________
5.) You are a school social worker, and you run a group for kids who miss school frequently due to school avoidance/anxiety. You are trying out a new curriculum to help reduce school anxiety. You tracked each student’s attendance for two weeks prior to implementing the new curriculum. Now you are tracking their attendance for two weeks after the curriculum program to see if there has been any difference. Name this research design: ______________________
