Introduction
What is Evaluation Practice?
Use of formal and systematic evaluation methods to help the social workers assess, monitor, evaluate cases, and improve results.
What is the purpose of repeated measures?
To determine any changes that occur during the baseline phase, during the intervention, and/or after the intervention.
What is an ultimate goal?
What the client would like to be, to do, or would prefer to happen when the intervention is completed.
What is validity?
Is the measure measuring what is is supposed to measure as opposed to something else?
What is a standardized measure?
A measure with uniform procedures for administration and scoring.
Why should we evaluate our practice?
To determine if we are achieving our goals and objectives with our clients.
What is the baseline phase?
The baseline is the phase when the intervention is not yet in place.
What is conceptualization?
The process of specifying what we mean by a term. It is the process of dinging general behavior patterns among the bits and pieces of specific situations in everyday life.
What is reliability?
Is the instrument consistent in its measurements?
What is a disadvantage of a standardized measure?
expensive, difficult to score, complicated, client may feel overwhelmed completing it depending on its length
Which two organizations require practice evaluation as part of their standards?
NASW and CSWE
What is the single system design?
It involves the continuing observation of one client's system before, during, and after an intervention.
What is a Conceptual Definition?
The definition you can find in the dictionary.
What is content validity?
If the instrument includes all of the right items.
What is a Rapid Assessment Instrument?
A short, easy to administer, self-reported measure that the client completes.
What does a theory do?
What are the four levels of measurement?
Nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio
What is an Operational Definition?
It assigns meaning to a variable in terms of the operations necessary to measure it in any concrete situation.
What is construct validity?
Is the correct construct being measure.
What is the difference between overt and covert behaviors?
An overt behavior is when people know that they are observed, while covert is when people do not know that they are being observed.
What does the acronym SMART stand for?
Specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time sensitive
What is a benefit of an Individualized Rating Scale?
flexibility, not time-intensive, diverse setting applications
What is an anchor?
A behavior, thought, or feeling that a client would be experiencing at each point on the individualized rating scale.
What is criterion-related validity?
What are the three basic measures of behavior?
Frequency, duration, and interval counts.