Measurement
Single Subject Design
Observational Measures
Conceptualization, Reliability, and Validity
Nice Criteria for Effective Evaluation
100
This is the backbone of effective evaluation.
What is single subject design?
100
When there is a non-spurious relationship between two variables and a time interval exists between the independent and dependent variable.
What is causality?
100
When people do things that can be counted and measured.
What is behavior?
100
Anxiety: "a nervous disorder characterized by a state of excessive uneasiness and apprehension, typically with compulsive behavior or panic attacks." is an example of this.
What is a conceptual definition?
100
When a definition is clearly understood by multiple people.
What is well defined?
200
In practice you will not see problems, but you will see this.
What are indicators of problems?
200
This is found when factors it is considered to be statistically significant, clinically significant, and threats to interval validity do not exist.
What is change?
200
Frequency, duration, and interval counts.
What are ways of measuring behavior?
200
These are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-bound.
What are SMART goals?
200
When services are delivered in a way that meets the desired outcomes of a client.
What is reflect client goals?
300
Backward design of these items breakdown first at the ultimate level and then at the intermediate level.
What is goal specification?
300
One of the ways to avoid this involve examining history, maturation, testing, instrumentation, and statistical regression.
What is threat to internal validity?
300
When two people observe behavior and compare their observations.
What is a reliability check?
300
When you break down a problem into specific components.
What is partializing the presenting problem?
300
When client care is delivered in a way that reduces the possibility of harm.
What is minimum side effects?
400
Nominal, ordinal, interval, and scale are examples of this.
What are levels of management?
400
Charting frequency of outbursts against use of positive language during intervention is called this.
What is the effect of praise on reducing disruptive behavior?
400
Coding forms, checklists, stop watches and counting of behaviors.
What are instruments?
400
This scale was designed to measure how a client use mental fluctuations for accomplishing change.
What is the Cognitive Flexibility Inventory?
400
When treatment is offered in a way that reduces the likelihood for failure.
What is relatively easy to implement?
500
When aspects of inquiry cancel each other out by chance or systemic bias influences a particular direction.
What is measurement error?
500
The process of studying how effective an intervention is across clients.
What is multiple baseline design?
500
When a client does not know she is being observed or archival records are used.
What is an unobtrusive measure?
500
A way of monitoring how stress is experienced by people who have once engaged in battle.
What is the Defense and Veterans Pain Rating Scale?
500
When an individual's treatment plan does not conflict with the greater good.
What is consistent with societal goals?
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