Assignment Overview
Assignment Description
After reading Whitfield’s 1999 article, “Validating School Social Work,” you will answer a series of questions aimed at critiquing single subject designs.
Assignment Read Whitfield’s 1999 article, “Validating School Social Work: An Evaluation of a Cognitive-Behavioral Approach to Reduce School Violence,” and answer the following questions in an APA-formatted document:
* What was the purpose of this study?
* What was the sample?
* What dependent variables were studied? How were the dependent variables operationalized?
* Why was a single-subject design used? What are the strengths of a single-subject design?
* What were the key findings (the results of the data analysis)?
* How would you critique the findings? What are limitations of a single-subject design?
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: 2–3 double-spaced pages.
* Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
