A log that helps clarify and define the target, as well as collect detailed information on the target to aid in assessment.
What is an exploratory log.
100
A type of observation that is concealed or covered.
What is covert observation.
100
Easy to administer, short in length, and doesn't require extensive training.
What is efficiency.
100
When researchers simply look at the items included in an instrument and give their opinion if the items appear to accurately measure what they are supposed to
measure.
What is face validity.
100
The same instrument is given to your client at two different times.
What is test-retest reliability.
200
A log used when the client and practitioner are unable to distinguish between the target and other activities, situations, and events.
What is a target problem log.
200
A type of observation in which participants are able to give consent.
What is open observation.
200
Access to information about the client that may be difficult to observe.
What is accessibility.
200
How well an instrument covers the range of meanings included within a concept that is being measured.
What is content validity.
200
When a client completes two different versions of an instrument.
What is parallel form reliability.
300
A log that a variation on the target log and used when the target is interpersonal.
What is an interaction log.
300
A type of observational sampling method that involves keeping count of each time a specified behavior occurs.
What is event sampling.
300
Client can provide sensitive information that is difficult to verbalize.
What is disclosure.
300
Whether or not our measure agrees with other related measures of the same/ similar construct.
What is convergent validity.
300
When different instrument items (questions on a survey) trying to measure the same construct are compared to determine if they produce similar results
What is internal consistency reliability.
400
A log that includes frequency counts of individualized ratings of targets or other events.
What is an evaluation log.
400
An observational sampling method in which observations are recorded at specific time intervals.
What is time sampling.
400
Considering the client's scores with established norms and comparing their performance to previous scores.
What is comparability.
400
Determining if a measure discriminates among unrelated measures.
What is discriminate validity.
400
When the decisions from different raters are compared to each other to see how consistent the rater’s decisions are.
What is inter-rater reliability.
500
A log used to help clients make decisions as events occur and determine which events are critical.
What is a critical incident recording log.
500
A researcher is involved in the everyday lives of the participants.
What is participant observation.
500
The ability to use any theoretical or practice framework and assessing problems from a theoretical perspective.
What is neutrality.
500
Whether our instrument predicts or forecasts accurately some sort of outcome/external variable.
What is criterion-related validity.
500
When a client completes a survey and then all of the
items on the survey that are measuring the same construct are split in half to form two sets of items