A general term for the consistency of measurements
What is Reliability
100
Based on the former Axis V of the DSM-IV version
What is Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scale
100
Utilizing only letters, denotes the phase, involving data collection only
What is "A"
100
Provides information about whether one observation is qualitatively different from another, e.g. male or female.
What is Nominal
200
When a person observes and records his or her own behavior
What is self-monitoring
200
Used to assess the consistency of a measure from one time to another
What is Test-Retest Reliability
200
18-item measure of global psychiatric symptom severity; used to measure symptoms such as those related to depression, anxiety, unusual behavior, etc.
What is Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS)
200
Utilizing only letters, denotes introduction of an intervention
What is "B'
200
Provides same information as ordinal-level, plus adjacent intervals are equal, so it is possible to determine how much more of some characteristic is possessed .
What is Interval
300
Tailor-made instrument used to measure targets determined important by client
What is Individualized Rating Scale
300
Administration of two forms of a measure that are constructed according to the same specifications e.g. same number of items; items expressed in a similar form.
What is Alternate-Forms Reliability
300
17-item measure of depressive symptoms based on semi-structured interview with child or someone familiar with child
What is Children's Depression Rating Scale-Revised (CDRS-R)
300
Completion of one phase of baseline conditions and one phase of intervention
What is "A-B" Design
300
Provides same information as nominal-level, plus information about the relative amount of one observation compared with another. For example, 1=rarely or never, 2=Some of a little, 3=Occasionally, 4=Most of the time
What is Ordinal
400
An Individualized Rating Scale completed by practitioners, relevant others or independent evaluators
What is Observer Rating Scale
400
Accomplished by dividing item in a measure into two groups containing an equal number of items
What is Split-Half Reliability
400
10-item self-report measure of the quantity and frequency of alcohol use. Can also be completed by a collateral source.
What is Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)
400
Returning to baseline conditions after one phase of intervention
What is "A-B-A" Design
400
The process of assigning labels to certain characteristics of things according to a set of rules.
What is Measurement
500
Observing clients only in those situations where a target behavior will most likely occur.
What is Situation Samples
500
Used to assess the degree to which different raters/observers give consistent estimates of the same phenomenon
What is Inter-observer Reliability
500
14-item measure evaluating 12 dimensions in therapeutic groups
What is Yalom Curative Factors scale
500
Utilizing letters only, denotes a new intervention introduced after one phase each of baseline and intervention phases
What is "A-B-C" Design
500
Provides same information as interval-level, plus they have a defined zero point that has some intrinsic meaning.