Communimetrics : a communication theory of measurement in human service settings / John S. Lyons.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Measurement in Human Service Enterprises: History and Challenges -- Differences Between Measurement in Science and Commerce -- The History and Defi nition of Measurement -- Problems that Result from the Development of Measures by Normal Science -- Measurement as Communication -- Communication Theory and Measurement -- Communimetrics and the Philosophy of Science -- Organization of the Book -- 2. Measurement as Communication -- A Brief Review of Current Theories of Measurement -- Classical Test Theory -- Item Response Theory -- Clinimetrics -- Comparison of Communimetrics to Psychometrics and Clinimetrics -- Input Processes in Measurement -- The Output Process in Measurement -- The Relationship of Input and Output Process -- Input and Output Processes in Human Service Enterprises -- Principles of Communimetrics -- Each Item Has Implications for Differential Action -- Levels of Items Translate Immediately to Action -- Considering Context -- Measurement is Descriptive -- Use of Time Frames (Windows of Observation) -- Information Integration -- Exploring Myths in Measurement -- 3. Designing a Communimetric Measure -- Phase 1. Defi ning the Objectives -- Phase 2. Determine the Audiences: Those Participating in the Communication Process -- Phase 3. Selecting Items -- Phase 4. Create Action Levels for the Items -- Phase 5. Develop Anchored Defi nitions of Action Levels for Each Item -- Danger to Self -- Antisocial Behavior (Compliance with Society's Rules) -- Phase 6. Share Draft Items for Feedback from Audience Representatives -- Phase 7. Test the Tool in a Field Application -- Phase 8. Implement -- Immediate Widespread -- Planned Incremental -- Individual /Gradual -- Working the Organization -- Super User Programs -- Phase 9. Repeat the Processes in Phases 1 to 6 During the Course of Service Delivery -- Building Decision Models -- Summary -- 4. Defining a "Good" Communimetric Measurement Tool: Reliability and Validity Considerations -- Reliability -- Internal Consistency -- Test - Retest -- Inter-rater -- Audit Reliability -- Validity -- Utility Validity -- Relevance to the work -- Transparency -- Multiple purposes -- Correspondence to sociopolitical considerations -- Indicators of Utility Validity -- Respondent satisfaction -- Relationship to subsequent action -- Use penetration -- Impact evaluation -- Decision Validity -- Enhancing the Reliability and Validity Through Training -- Field audit -- Enhancing the Reliability and Validity Through Use -- The Convergence of Communimetric and Psychometric Approaches with the Use of Aggregate Item Analyses -- Comparing Versions -- Severity and Complexity -- 5. The Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths -- A Developmental History -- Measurement Characteristics of the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths -- Reliability -- Validity -- Scoring Options -- Psychometric Scale Properties -- Rasch Modeling the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths -- Decision Support for Level of Care and Intensity of Services -- CANS and Level of Care Recommendations -- Using CANS Scores to Assess Change Overtime: Outcome Applications -- Implementation Experiences -- Matching Child Needs to Specifi c Providers -- 6. The Intermed -- Development of the INTERMED -- Design of the INTERMED -- History -- Biological Domain -- Psychological Domain -- Social Domain -- Health Care Domain -- Current State -- Biological Domain -- Psychological Domain -- Social Domain -- Health Care Domain -- Prognosis -- Biological Domain -- Psychological Domain -- Social Domain -- Health Care Domain -- Establishing Action Levels -- Reliability and Validity -- Training and Use -- 7. The Entrepreneurial League System Assessment -- The Entrepreneurial League System Assessment -- Item Structure -- Recommended Assessment Process -- Psychometric Characteristics of the ELSA -- Impact Analysis -- Qualitative Analyses -- 8. The Future of Measurement in Human Services Settings -- An Integrative Model of Measurement -- Understanding Transformational Offerings -- Academic and Field Collaborations -- Mass Collaboration and Measurement Design, Development, and Use -- Increasing the Use of Measurement in Human Services Enterprises -- The Application of Information Technology -- Creating Innovative Applications of Measurement -- Creating Consumers of Information.

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