Assessment and testing
The middle score in a distribution of scores
Median
Mode - most
Mean - all added up divided by number of numbers
Range - highest minus lowest
This type of research tends to study individual units - person, family, community -- in naturalistic setting
ACA is short for
American Counseling Association
This is the ability to think in abstract terms. Also can be the ability to adapt to an environment and adjust to it
Intelligence
Consists of collecting data from the same group of individuals over a period of time
Longitudinal research
Respecting freedom of choice and self determination
The degree to which a test measures what it purports to measure for the specific purpose for which it is used
Validity
In this research design, you do not manipulate any variables,the focus is on what has already happened
Ex Post Facto (After the fact)
Is the ability of a professional counselor who is licensed in one state to become licensed in another
Portability
This type of assessment is comparing individuals to others who have taken the test before
Norm referenced
The variable you are measuring or trying to change
Depedent variable
EX: The effect of three kinds of therapeutic techniques (independent variables) on anxiety (dependent variable)
This federal law is also referred to as the Buckley Amendment
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA)
The Rorschach test is an example of this kind of test
Projection test
These tests present a relatively unstructured task or stimulus. The person projects thought processes, needs, anxieties, etc
Failure to reject the null when there is in fact a difference
Type II error (beta)
This is the Counseling Academic and Professional Honor Society International which began in 1985 at Ohio University
Chi Sigma Iota aka CSI
Purpose: to promote scholarship, research, professionalism, and excellence in counseling