OM book glossary

This is the glossary, over 300 entries and climbing, for the book “Outcome measures and evaluation in counselling and psychotherapy” written by myself and Jo-anne Carlyle and available now from SAGE. Some glossary entries link to more detailed expansions of the topic in my Rblog and, at last, an increasing number now link with interactive online (“shiny”) apps.

You can see the alphabetical list of entries below which is a good place to browse, or you can use this search box.

Beware: the way the search orders the matches is to my mind bizarre so scroll down if what you typed isn’t first on the list, you may find something with exactly the title that is exactly the phrase you typed in to find is hidden down the list of suggestions.

If what you want is not there and you think it should be, contact me and tell me and I will put it on the (long!) list of entries to be added!

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Exploratory data analysis (EDA)

A statistical approach, methodology, inspired by John Tukey. Tukey was something of a polymath…

EQ-5D-5L

Probably the dominant quality of life measure, distributed by Euroqol and free for non-commercial use…

Eating attitudes test (EAT)

Two self-report questionnaires designed to tap into problematic attitudes common in eating disorders. Details The…

Employee assistance programmes (EAPs)

These are programmes offering some degree of support with mental health and well-being issues for…

Effect size

Effect size measures are a way to separate the strength of an effect. An…

ePROVIDE

Online repository of outcome/change measures (their term is "Clinical Outcome Assessments (COAs)" and related information…

Error

Mistake, transgression. OK, not that use of the word! For MH/therapy change measurement…

Empirical Cumulative Distribution Function (ECDF)

A cumulative distribution the "empirical" indicates that is based on data not on the definition…

Early termination

Like "attrition" a seemingly polite term for opting out that hides the client's autonomy and…

Ethnicity

A key sociodemographic variable in many countries. Interestingly, it's illegal to collect data on…

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Page last updated 19.v.24 to add the new BetterDocs “encyclopedia” listing of entries. Author CE, page and all glossary contents are copyright to me. That may change to a Creative Commons licence later when I am happier with the content.