SW 300 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Michael Williams (Geographer), Measuring Instrument
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Single-subject designs: single-case designs, single-system designs, n = 1, case-level designs, single-case experimentations, idiographic research. More practice orientated than group-level designs: used more by social work practitioners than researchers . Provide data about how well a treatment intervention is working. Can also indicate when a client"s problem has been resolved. Can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of a social service program. If there is any variation in effect from: they provide a continuous record of changes in the target problem over the entire, they are practice-based and practitioner-oriented. Provide continuous assessment and outcome data so that practitioners can monitor progress and make changes to the nature of the intervention program if needed. The research process tries to answer these questions: Single-subject designs are used to fulfill the major purpose of social work practice: to improve the situation of a client system: an individual, a couple, a family, a group, an organization, a community.
