Look to see if the instrument includes all the right items.
What is content validity
200
A point on a rating scale that the respondent can select to represent the degree of targets seriousness, intensity, importance, frequency etc.
What is response category
200
school attendance records, recidivism rates, agency record data
What is archival records
300
Did some un-anticipated event occur while the evaluation was in process and did these events affect the dependent variable is the question to ask in order to determine if this threat to internal validity is present.
What is history?
300
Break down complex problems into smaller components
What is partialize
300
The degree to which a research instrument produces consistent results
What is reliability.
300
structured diaries kept by the client of events that are relevant to the target
Have uniform procedures for administration and scoring
What is standardized measures
500
B design
What is intervention only design
500
specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time sensitive
What is SMART goals
500
when a client completes a survey and then all of the items on the survey that are measuring the same construct are split in half to form two sets of items. Then the two sets of items are compared to each other to see how well they consistently measure the construct
What is split-half reliability
500
the behaviors, thoughts and feelings that a client would be experiencing at each point on the scale