Chapter One
The analysis of outcomes.
What is an evaluation?
These are the four levels of measurement that we will be utilizing in this course.
What are interval, nominal, ratio, and ordinal?
When constructing an IRS, the labels on the IRS scale such as some anxiety and moderate anxiety, are referred to as....
What are anchors?
When selecting a measure, there is a list of 7 criteria that should be considered such as...
What are:
1. Is it reliable 2. Is it valid? 3. Is it sensitive to change? 4. Is it nonreactive? 5. Is it direct? 6. Is it easy to use? and 7. Is it accessible?
This is used to refer to the problems or objectives that have been specified to focus our intervention efforts on.
What are targets?
This type of definition is often referred to as one that can be found in a dictionary.
What is a conceptual definition?
The midpoint on an IRS scale should be....
These 7 things can cause a threat to internal validity....
What are:
1. History 2. Maturation 3. Testing 4. Instrumentation 5. Dropout 6. Statistical regression or regression to the mean and 7. Diffusion or imitation of intervention (contrast effects)
This is often referred to as the state before an intervention has been applied.
What is baseline?
This tells us how two variables are related.
What is correlation?
With this type of observation, people don't know that they are being watched or observed.
What is covert?
The five threats to construct validity include....
What are:
1. Mono-operation and mono-method bias 2. Hypothesis guessing 3. Evaluation apprehension 4. Practitioner expectations and 5. Interaction of interventions.
These are the steps involved in evidence-based practice.
What are: 1. Develop a question 2. Find the evidence 3. Analyze the evidence 4. Combine the evidence with your understanding of the client and situation 5. Application to practice and 6. Monitor and evaluate the results.
What is test-retest reliability?
This type of observation involves observing an individual in their own natural environment.
What is naturalistic observation?
The ability of an intervention to be generalized is....