DESIGN
MEASUREMENT
SOCIAL WORKER
GOALS
GRAB BAG
100
What is considered to be the backbone of practice evaluation?
Single Subject Design (SSD)
100
How many levels of measurement are there?
4
100
Why do social workers utilize practice evaluation?
to evaluate the effectiveness of their practice
100
Focus on one problem and define it as specifically as you can?
select a target
100
What is used to quantify internal consistency/reliability?
Coefficient Alpha/ Cronbach Alpha
200
How many relationships must be present for a relationship to be called casual?
3
200
How many key characteristics of all measures are there?
5
200
Where does the social worker survey client concerns?
where the client is
200
something that you can measure?
operational definition
200
What are the two types of measurement error?
Random and Systematic
300
What is a single phase( intervention only) design?
B(intervention only) Design
300
Another word for consistency?
reliability
300
What does a social worker see that indicates a client problem?
Indicators
300
What are the two types of goals?
Ultimate goal and Intermediate goal
300
In levels of measurement what does ordinal mean?
categories are in a certain order
400
What is a two phase design consisting of no-intervention baseline phase and an intervention phase?
AB(baseline and intervention) Design
400
Individual rating scales, Client logs, observation and standardized are all types of what?
Measures
400
It is best for social workers to use what type practice?
Evidence-based
400
Goals should be written in what type of language?
client centered language
400
What is useful for evaluating situations where an intervention would be likely to bring about enduring changes in the dependent variable?
Multiple Baseline Designs
500
What design is most commonly used when an individual's behavior is so severe that the researcher must begin with an intervention?
BAB Design
500
what are the two ways in which measurement can go wrong in terms of validity?
Does not measure what it was intended to measure

OR

measures something other than the concept it was meant to measure.

500
What acronym is used to ensure that all components of goal making are met?
S.M.A.R.T.
500
What is a three phase design that allows for evaluation of pre-intervention and intervention problem status?
ABA (Basic Withdrawal) Design
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