This activity will focus on “selecting” a quantitative measure (or measures) to be used in assessing the client and measuring outcome for your practice evaluation.
Instructions
- Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.
- Read the textbook chapter on “The dependent variable: Measuring the outcomes.”
- For your Assignment activity:
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- Identify and discuss at least one quantitative measure to be used in assessing the client and measuring outcome.
- For each client goal there should be at least one measure.
- Include a discussion of what is being measured, when it will be measured, who will measure, and with what it will be measured.
- Discuss the quantitative measure’s reliability and validity (psychometric properties).
- Identify and discuss one qualitative measurement and the rationale for its use.
- Describe how you will use it in your study and how it will augment (help validate) the quantitative data you collect.
- Identify and discuss at least one quantitative measure to be used in assessing the client and measuring outcome.
- This assignment should be two pages in length (this does not include the title or reference pages) and be completed in a Word document
Getting Started
This activity will focus on “selecting” a quantitative measure (or measures) to be used in assessing the client and measuring outcome for your practice evaluation.
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Client Goals |
Client Goals |
Client Objectives |
Interventions |
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Physical Abuse (struck girlfriend with open hand) |
Reduce physical abuse |
Client will attend a domestic violence group 1x a week for 12 weeks. | Domestic Violence Group |
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Alcohol Abuse (has gotten drunk every night; anger outburst due to drinking) |
Eliminate alcohol use |
Client will attend AA meetings 2x a week for 12 weeks | Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings (AA) |
| Anger (he threw girlfriend’s cell phone against the wall; hitting doors; kicked girlfriend’s car 2x) | Eliminate aggression toward ex-girlfriend | Client will receive 45 minutes of a CBT intervention for 12 weeks | Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
Above is the table that was used in an earlier Workshop which focused on determining practice (client) goals. You needed to create something similar for the earlier Assignment. For this assignment you may use the same table that you created for the earlier Assignment. All you need to do is look at the “Client Goals” column and decide how you plan to measure each one. For example, there are three client goals above that will need to be measured for my practice evaluation that include reducing physical abuse, eliminating alcohol use, and eliminating aggression.
Sometimes the best way to find suitable measurements for variables is to search the literature to see how other evaluators measured these same client goals. I find that the best way to display the information for this assignment is to use another table. Look at the table below to see how I displayed this information for the three client goals above:
| Client Goals | Plan to Measure the Goal |
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Reduce physical abuse |
Have the girlfriend complete the Physical Abuse Questionnaire (PAQ) |
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Eliminate alcohol use |
Have the client complete the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) |
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Eliminate aggression toward ex-girlfriend |
Ask the client’s girlfriend if the client is displaying fewer acts of aggression toward her
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- Video: Reliability & Validity
- Video: Measurement
- Video: Rating Scales
- Video: Standardized Scales
- Video: Designing a Questionnaire
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