Level of Measurement. The measurements used would be nominal and ratio. The Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (1994; See Appendix B for Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale) is similar to a five-point Likert scale, with the exception of being a four-point scale. The scales are ordinal because although they cannot be quantitatively measured, the qualitative questions can then be put into quantitative categories (Noia & Tripodi, 2008). Some of the scales are ratio because it has a true zero (Noia & Tripodi, 2008). The four-point scale has four answers, which then are divided into four groups, then added together to determine whether the child has an anxiety disorder, based on zero to 60. The child can score above 60, but a score of 60 would indicate elevated …show more content…
The data would be collected and analyzed through a statistical software program. The results would be entered into the program and it would then display the results with the display of a graph. The higher the line on the graph is means the increase of negativity, the decline of the line is positive because anxiety is decreasing, and if the line stays the same then there is no change, which is also not positive. The reason the steady line is negative is because it would show that the intervention (X) is not positive for the outcome or dependent variable (Y) (Noia & Tripodi, 2008).
National Association of Social Worker’s Ethical Standards According to the NASW Code of Ethics (2008), social workers need to provide the participants and their parents with informed consent. The participants and parents who do not understand the proposal will be provided further explanation and informed that it study is optional. Clinicians or social workers also need to ensure that the participants are provided privacy and confidentiality (NASW, 2008). The clinicians would also offer the WL participants CBT after they are finished. Clinicians will not withhold services to clients (NASW, 2008).
Limitations of the