TY - JOUR
T1 - Strategies for evaluating clinical change
T2 - implications for practice and research.
AU - Ottenbacher, K.
AU - York, J.
PY - 1984/10
Y1 - 1984/10
N2 - The methods and procedures of evaluation research using single-system or small-N designs are defined and described. Various components of single-system evaluation research, including specifying the problem, measuring and recording the data, selecting an appropriate design, and analyzing the data, are presented and discussed. The argument is made that single-system evaluation research methods are ideally suited to document clinical change on an individual basis and can provide a mechanism for establishing therapeutic accountability. The relationship between single-system evaluation research and the more traditional experimental procedures is briefly explored, and the implications for establishing an empirically derived basis for clinical practice are discussed.
AB - The methods and procedures of evaluation research using single-system or small-N designs are defined and described. Various components of single-system evaluation research, including specifying the problem, measuring and recording the data, selecting an appropriate design, and analyzing the data, are presented and discussed. The argument is made that single-system evaluation research methods are ideally suited to document clinical change on an individual basis and can provide a mechanism for establishing therapeutic accountability. The relationship between single-system evaluation research and the more traditional experimental procedures is briefly explored, and the implications for establishing an empirically derived basis for clinical practice are discussed.
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U2 - 10.5014/ajot.38.10.647
DO - 10.5014/ajot.38.10.647
M3 - Article
C2 - 6388340
AN - SCOPUS:0021503618
SN - 0272-9490
VL - 38
SP - 647
EP - 659
JO - The American journal of occupational therapy. : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association
JF - The American journal of occupational therapy. : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association
IS - 10
ER -