Goals
The desired outcome of a completed intervention
dictionary definition
What is conceptual definition?
the accuracy of the instrument
What is validity?
the degree to which an instrument produces consistent results
What is reliability?
the clients may rate themselves, professional may complete ratings, other relevant parties may complete ratings, or independent evaluators
What is an Individualized Rating Scale?
Specific versions of the ultimate goal
What are objectives?
meaning assigned to the operations needed to measure a variable
when we are measuring what we intend to measure
What is construct validity?
the same instrument is given to a client at two different times
What is test-retest reliability?
a structured diary kept by the client
What is a client log?
Behaviors, thoughts, feelings that are present when a problem exists
What are indicators?
specific object of intervention in a given situation
What is a target?
sometimes referred to as "faith" validity
What is face validity?
two different raters administer the same instrument and their results are compared
What is inter-rater reliability?
Similar to client logs: can be used to define client targets and generate intervention hypotheses, monitor and evaluate change over time in clients’ targets and monitor the services provided to clients.
What is a practitioner log?