Levels of Measurement
Single System Designs
Types of Measures
Steps to Planning
100
Provides information about whether one observation is qualitatively different from another or a person is in one category or another.
What is Nominal Level
100
Allows for evaluation of pre-intervention and intervention problem status.
What is ABA design
100
Type of measure that can be created to track different thoughts and feelings at different times of day
What is Client Logs
100
Behaviors, thoughts, feelings that can signify a problem behavior
What are Indicators
200
Have a defined zero point that has some intrinsic meaning. Measures a score of zero on a standardized scale.
What is ratio level measurement
200
Single phase design; the most frequently used single subject design.
What is B (Intervention only) Design
200
Type of Measure that can obtain information in the form of a Likert
What is Individual Rating Scales
200
Redefining problems in more precise, measurable, observable terms.
What is operational definition
300
Makes it possible to determine how much more of some characteristic is possessed by a person
What is interval level measurement
300
Two-phase design; the existence of a baseline allows for the establishment of a relationship between intervention and outcome.
What is AB (Baseline & Intervention) Design
300
Type of measure that can be used by practitioner and significant others in a client's life.
What is Observational Measures
300
Statements about what the client and relevant others would like to happen, or to do, or to be when the intervention is complete.
What are Goals
400
Categories are rank-ordered on a scale from less to more for some target.
What is ordinal level measurement
400
Allows for evaluation across clients, situations, or problems
What is Multiple Baseline Design
400
Examples of this measure include: Beck's Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory, Perceived Stress Scale
What is Standardized Measures
400
May include medical treatment, social services, psychotherapy, community change efforts, or educational methods. Also known as Treatment
What is Intervention
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