Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Click here to sign up for SAGE Journal Email Alerts today!

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Research on Social Work Practice
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Lieberman, A. A.
Right arrow Articles by Levy, M. M.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati  
What's this?

The (Mis)Measurement of Job Performance in Child Welfare Using (Non)Experimental Design

Alice A. Lieberman

Michelle M. Levy

University of Kansas

This commentary explicates two principal arguments against the conclusions drawn by Robin Perry in his article "Do Social Workers Make Better Child Welfare Workers Than Non-Social Workers?" The first concerns the methodology used, whereas the second centers on the measurement of the dependent variable, performance expectation. Considering the difficulty of drawing any valid conclusions given these flaws, the authors suggest that the reader view this study with extreme caution. Suggestions for subsequent research efforts in this area are offered.

Key Words: mismeasurement • job performance • evaluation

Research on Social Work Practice, Vol. 16, No. 4, 417-418 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1049731505283979
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Research on Social Work PracticeHome page
D. Turcotte, G. Lamonde, and A. Beaudoin
Evaluation of an In-Service Training Program for Child Welfare Practitioners
Research on Social Work Practice, January 1, 2009; 19(1): 31 - 41.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Research on Social Work PracticeHome page
R. E. Perry
Competency Is Not Guaranteed by the Letters That Follow Your Name: A Response to My Critics
Research on Social Work Practice, July 1, 2006; 16(4): 438 - 448.
[Abstract] [PDF]