Re Ii Ch.6 Ssrd

Front 1

single system research design synonyms

Back 1

-interrupted time series research design
-single case experimental design
-idiographic research design

Hint 1

142

Front 2

prerequisites for conducting an SSRD

Back 2

1) select valid outcome measure that can be repeatedly assessed over time
2) assess outcome measure over time
3) display results on a graph
4) make reasonable inferences
a) are data showing client improvement?
b) " " deterioration?
c) do data depict no change?
d) are data unclear?

Hint 2

142

Front 3

are SSRD's for evaluation of individuals only?

Back 3

No. Good for group work, organizational and community practice, and welfare/public policy evaluation

Hint 3

141

Front 4

are SSRD's quantitative or qualitative?

Back 4

can't be categorized as primarily one or the other (quantitative in use of outcome measures with documented reliability and validity and qualitative in using visual inference instead of stats, gathering data in real context of client's lives)

Hint 4

142

Front 5

features of outcome measure

Back 5

-reliability
-validity
-sensitivity to change

Hint 5

143

Front 6

dimensions of reliability

Back 6

consistency, outcome measure is fairly easy to gather, outcome measure should be closely related to the agency mission

Hint 6

143

Front 7

for an outcome measure to be valid, it...

Back 7

should provide an accurate indicator of what it is supposed to be measuring

Hint 7

144

Front 8

taking a baseline

Back 8

repeated assessments of a measure before intervention; not the same as "pretest" for group designs

Hint 8

145; 148

Front 9

A (notation)

Back 9

baseline phase where data gathered over time in the absence of intervention

Hint 9

147

Front 10

B (notation)

Back 10

design phase where data gathered over time while an intervention is implemented

Hint 10

147

Front 11

summative program evaluation

Back 11

provide an empirically based appraisal of final outcomes, requiring a more robust SSRD; does not imply causality, not an experimental design

Hint 11

154

Front 12

experimental SSRD permits

Back 12

reasonable degree of causal inference

Hint 12

157

Front 13

A-B design permits

Back 13

evaluation of change, but not causal inference

Hint 13

157

Front 14

Experimental SSRDs usually lack

Back 14

random assignment, therefor not "true" experimental designs

Hint 14

157

Front 15

simplest experimental SSRD design is

Back 15

A-B-A

Hint 15

158

Front 16

external validity

Back 16

the extent to which findings are generalizable beyond the study participants

Hint 16

162

Front 17

external validity is a function of

Back 17

how representative one's study participants are with respect to a larger population

Hint 17

162

Front 18

do SSRDs have good or poor external validity?

Back 18

poor; random sampling from the larger population extremely difficult in program evaluation research

Hint 18

162; 164

Front 19

replication

Back 19

duplicating an experiment with a different sample of the same population, and how SSRDs overcome problem of external validity

Hint 19

164

Front 20

TSA

Back 20

time series analysis, an inferential statistic

Hint 20

166

Front 21

visual inspection of data alone increases x and decreases y

Back 21

x=type i errors (missing small but valid effect)
y=type ii errors (making exaggerated claims about effect);
this is a good thing, resulting in more conservative analysis of data

Hint 21

166

Front 22

unit of analysis in SSRDs

Back 22

system

Hint 22

170