Writing Homework Help

A. Complete the study questions listed for Chapter 2 of the textbook.

1. Define each of the following terms: Conceptualization, Abstraction, Generalization, Concept, Hypotheses, Theory.

2. Provide an accurate and original example of each of the following levels of measurement, basing your example on some construct relevant to measuring client functioning: Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, and Ratio.

3. Describe two advantages of measurement.

4. Write out an original conceptual definition of depression, and then an operational definition.

5. Describe a clinical phenomenon, something relevant to social work practice, which you believe is impossible to measure

.6. Why is measurement error important?

7. Looking at Figure 2.1, what type of method of measuring error is the split-half approach? And what type is predictive validity?

8. How is the test-retest reliability of a measure determined, and why is it important that this be relatively high?

9. How is alternate-forms reliability assessed?

10. Describe 2 ways in which internal-consistency can be assessed, and why is it crucial that this be high?

11. Describe how interobserver reliability can be measured, and why this is important.

12. How is face validity assessed, and why is this important?

13. How is content validity assessed, and why is this important?

14. How are concurrent validity and predictive validity assessed, and describe why this may be important?

15. How can reactivity adversely impact a measure’s reliability and validity?

16. Explain why a measure can be reliable but not valid

.17. Describe one factor besides reactivity than can impact a measure’s reliability and validity.

18, What is the most basic reason for measuring client targets?

19. Why are direct measures said to be, overall, superior to indirect measures?

20. Pick a client issue/problem/target of interest to you, and describe one potential direct measure, and one indirect one

.21. Write out a thoughtful question or comment about this assignment.

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