Q.1. Social Worker Appearance and Rapport with Male Juvenile

Offenders

In a study of factors related to the development of rapport between male juvenile offenders and social workers, two types of interview were conducted with each of 12 subjects. In the first interview the social worker wore a beard and long hair, dressed in a very casual manner, and used the language of the youth subculture. Each juvenile offender was then interviewed by another male social worker who was about the same age as the first, whose dress, language, and appearance identified him as a member of the "the Establishment". The interviews were otherwise conducted in as similar a manner as possible. After each interview, subjects rated the interviewer on the basis of how well they would like to have him as a permanent counselor (1 = would very much want him, 2 = would want him, 3 = would not want him, and 4 = would very much not want him). The results are shown in the table below.

Research question: is there evidence to suggest that social workers who are perceived as antiestablishment are more popular with juvenile offenders?

Data: Juvenile offenders' ratings of two social workers Subject | Antiestablishment Establishment social worker social worker 4 JOUAWN N 2 2 AW A 10 11 12 NN- - W W AN