Measurement Concepts
Levels
Statistics
Scales
Definitions
100
The closeness of the measure
What is validity?
100

Measures that provide information about whether one observation is different from another 

What is nominal level?

100
A statistic that is used to quantify internal consistency
What is the coefficient alpha?
100
Tailor-made scales for each client and situation as the need arises
What is individualized rating scale?
100
The definition from a dictionary
What is a conceptual definition?
200
Internal consistency used with standardized measures
What is reliability?
200

Measures information about the relative amount of one observation compared to another

What is ordinal level?

200
The consistency with which two or more people observe or make judgments
What is interobserver reliability?
200
A variety of different characteristics that can be measured
What is a rating dimension?
200
A scaled question which measures something
What is an operational definition?
300
The consistency of the measurements
What is reliability?
300
Measures information where the adjacent intervals are equal
What is interval level?
300
The opinion by the developer of a measure that an instrument measures what it intends to measure
What is face validity?
300
Description or examples of what scaling information represents
What is an anchor?
300
What the client would like to do
What is a goal?
400
Whether two variables are related
What is correlation?
400
Measures information which has a defined zero point
What is ratio level?
400
The extent to which the questions or behaviors selected for measurement are representative or are a biased or limited sample
What is content validity?
400
The persons who provide information to be rated in a scale
Who are respondents?
400
Either a random or systematic explanation for a score
What is a measurement error?
500
The degree to which evidence and theory support the proposed interpretation of scores
What is validity?
500
The process of assigning labels to certain characteristics of things according to a set of rules
What is measurement?
500
The ability to predict an individual's performance or status
What is criterion validity?
500
A scale which measures targets in terms of concepts with some general relevance to different clients. 
What are standardized scales?
500

Two phase design consisting of a no-intervention baseline phase and an intervention phase

What is an AB design?
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