Measures
The levels of measurement
What are Nominal, Ordinal, Interval and Scale
The backbone of practice evaluation
What is single subject design
Baselines confirm or disconfirm that
What is the problem usually exisits
Survey client concerns by
What is starting where the client is
This is a single phase design
What is B (Intervention) Design
Key characteristics of all measures
What are validity, reliability, measurement error, utility and directness
In practice you will not see problems. You will see
What is indicators of problems
Baselines determine whether the problem is
What is getting better or worse
Select a target: focus on one problem and
What is define it as specifically as you can
A two phase design
What is AB (Baseline and Intervention) Design
In any measurement we strive for
What are accuracy and consistency
Number of conditions that must be established before we call a relationship causal
Three
Baselines provide an estimate of what would happen to the client
What is without intervention
Conceptual definition is
what is a definition from the dictionary
A three-phase design
ABA (Basic Withdrawal) Design
Various types of measures
What are standardized measures, observational measures, individualized rating scales and client logs
Three basic single case designs
What are mirror non-experimental, quasi-experimental and one type of true experimental designs in traditional research
Different types of patterns that emerge while taking baseline measurements
What are stable line, trend and cycle
Operational definition is
What is the meaning assigned to a variable in terms of the operation necessary to measure it
A design used when the intervention must be used before baseline is established
What is BAB Design
Characteristics of good measures
What are reliable, valid, sensitive to change, non-reactive, direct, easy to use, accessible and relevant to intervention planning
The three conditions needed to call a relationship causal
What is a relationship that must exist between two variables, the relationship must be non-spurious and there should be a time interval between one variable and the other
Situations in which no pattern is evident during baseline measurements
What are measures are unreliable, inconsistencies in reporting and changes in client's life
Two types of goals
What are ultimate goals and intermediate goals or objectives
Reasons to use multiple baseline designs
What is it allows for evaluation across clients. situations or problems