Definitions
Starting Out
Levels of Measurement
Measurement
Measures
100
Definition from the dictionary
What is conceptual
100
Start where the client is
What is survey the client's concerns?
100
There are this many levels of measurement.
What is 4?
100
Validity, Reliability, Measurement Error, Utility, Directness
What are key characteristics of all measures?
100
The "Stress" Test, PHQ-4, EPDS
What are standardized measures?
200
Anxiety scale score;
Heart rate and blood pressure;
On a scale of 1-9, how anxious are you right now?
What is operational
200
The professional will notice these in relation to a problem.
What are problem indicators?
200
Categories
What is nominal?
200
Validity=
What is accuracy?
200
A researcher observes ongoing behavior
What is observational?
300
SSD
What is Single Subject Design
300
Focus on one problem and define it as specifically as you can
What is selecting a target?
300
Categories in a certain order
What is ordinal?
300
Reliability=
What is accuracy?
300
Target complaint scale or self-anchored scale
Individualized rating scale
400
This type of goal is what a client would like to do, be or prefer to happen after the intervention is complete
What is an ultimate goal
400
Something that you can measure
What is develop an operational target?
400
equal intervals
What is interval?
400
Measurement Error- by chance, normal fluctuations, cancel each other out
What is random?
400
Structured diary, kept by the client, of events that are relevant to target situation
What are client logs?
500
Very specific versions of the ultimate goal
What are intermediate goals?
500
These are two types of definitions that can be used with the main issue.
What are operational and conceptual?
500
equal intervals and 0 point
What is scale?
500
Measurement Error- bias, average score is influenced into a particular direction
What is systematic?
500
Reliable, Valid, Sensitive to Change, Non-reactive, Direct, Easy to use, Accessible, Relevant to intervention planning
What are characteristics of good measures