Deck 15: Single-Case Design Evaluation

Question 1

Single-case design evaluation involves using a(n) ______ design to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention.

A) operational
B) quasi-experimental
C) time-series
D) exploratory

Answer 1

C

Question 2

In a standard notation of OOOOO X OOOOO, what does the X stand for?

A) observation
B) intervention
C) variable
D) evaluation

Answer 2

B

Question 3

In a standard notation of OOOOO X OOOOO, what does the O stand for?

A) observation
B) intervention
C) variable
D) evaluation

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Treatment effectiveness is evaluated by looking at the observations during the ______ phase and comparing them with the observations during the baseline phase.

A) intervention
B) observation
C) replication
D) evaluation

Question 5

Whenever possible, the target behavior should be operationalized in a ______ manner.

A) positive
B) negative
C) realistic

Question 6

Operationalizing the target behavior occurs during which phase?

A) initial phase
B) treatment phase
C) assessment phase
D) evaluation phase

Question 7

Which term describes changes in the target behavior that can be attributed to the client recording their behavior?

A) stability
B) positivity
C) reactivity
D) validity

Question 8

A targeted behavior should occur on at least a(n) ______ basis.

A) hourly
B) daily
C) weekly
D) monthly

Question 9

A researcher will need to determine whether the targeted behavior will be measured using a ______ measure or individualized rating scales (IRS).

A) cost-effective
B) verifiable
C) standardized
D) reliable

Question 10

Prior to selecting a standardized measure, you need to decide what characteristic or dimension of the target behavior you plan to ______.

A) measure
B) increase
C) alter

Question 11

What is an appropriate question to ask when assessing a client's behavior?

A) Do you like the behavior?
B) How often does the behavior occur?
C) How does your spouse feel about the behavior?
D) How old were you when the behavior began?

Question 12

A ______ score is a score that is used to indicate whether someone's score puts him or her in a certain category.

A) cutoff
B) limiting
C) guiding
D) cancelation

Question 13

If a client's teacher is measuring the frequency of a behavior, how would they document it?

A) They would determine how oftne the behavior is likely to occur.
B) They would count how often the behavior occurred.
C) They would ask the client to count the behavior's occurrances.
D) They would have other students share when they thought the behavior had occurred.

Question 14

How many phases does the single-case design evaluation process have?

A) two
B) three
C) four
D) five

Question 15

The ______ phase is where there are repeated measures of the dependent variable being taken prior to the implementation of the intervention.

A) preexperimental
B) quasi-experimental
C) final
D) baseline

Question 16

A ______ pattern is one where there is a predictable pattern to the occurrence of the problem behavior.

A) baseline
B) stable
C) reactive
D) low frequency

Question 17

A stable baseline is indicated by a flatline usually across at least ______ data points.

A) 2-4
B) 3-5
C) 6-8
D) 10 or more

Question 18

According to the text, how many observations should you have?

A) 1-2
B) 3-4
C) 5-10
D) 11-15

Question 19

Stability refers to a clear predictable pattern from the baseline to the ______ phase.

A) intervention
B) review
C) analysis
D) publication

Question 20

Which of the following is the most important?

A) establishing a stable baseline
B) providing clients the services they need
C) knowing where a study will be published
D) determining the targeted behavior

Question 21

Which of the following is a type of single-case designs that can be used for evaluation?

A) case studies
B) postdesigns
C) double-barrel design
D) experiential

Question 22

The underlying assumption of single-case design is that introduction of the intervention results in a change in the ______.

A) clientele
B) targeted behavior
C) research study
D) design process

Question 23

Which sampling strategy is typically used with single-case designs ?

A) convenience
B) random
C) snowball
D) cluster

Question 24

With case studies, the researcher only conducts ______ during the baseline phase.

A) trials
B) interventions
C) observations
D) post-tests

Question 25

______ refers to the magnitude or steepness of the trend.

A) Trend
B) Overlap
C) Slope
D) Jump

Question 26

The measurement-only design is useful for determining whether an intervention is ______.

A) approved
B) effective
C) warranted
D) easy to implement

Question 27

In a measurement-only design, changes to the targeted behavior are attributed to ______.

A) chance
B) an intervention
C) repeated guidance
D) an extraneous factor

Question 28

In intervention-only designs, there is implementation of the intervention but no ______ of the targeted behavior.

A) revision
B) observation
C) reaction
D) benefit

Question 29

Why does intervention-only design not allow one to study the effectiveness of an intervention?

A) There were too many measurements of the target behavior after to the intervention.
B) There was no measurement of the target behavior after the interevention was implemented.
C) There was no measurement of the target behavior prior to the intervention.
D) There were too many measurements of the target behavior prior to the intervention.

Question 30

A social work researcher should start an intervention as soon as possible.

Question 31

The target behavior must be amenable to being measured repeatedly.

Question 32

If there is no assessment of the target behavior before the intervention is implemented, there is no pretest data for comparison.

Question 33

In working with the client, two characteristics of the target behavior should be assessed at the same time.

Question 34

The simultaneous intervention and observation design consistently controls for many of the threats to internal validity.

Question 35

Name and describe a threat to simultaneous intervention and observation design's internal validity.

Question 36

Why should you not use single-case design evaluation in evaluating your clinical practice?

Question 37

The simultaneous intervention and observation design is affected by what two threats to internal validity?

Question 38

With external validity, if the changes in the target behavior are due to the client recording his or her behavior, what is that called and what does that mean?

Question 39

What measures must researchers make when working with diverse clients?