Efficiency
One of the 3 E’s from the hugely influential monograph: Cochrane, A. L. (1972). Effectiveness...
Effectiveness
One of the 3 E's from the hugely influential monograph: Cochrane, A. L. (1972). Effectiveness...
Efficacy (part of the 3 Es)
My "three E's" are Efficacy, Effectiveness and Efficiency which were the central theme of a...
Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA)
This refers to collection of data from participants at various times of day in their...
Exploratory factor analysis (EFA)
A statistical approach that hopes to simplify multivariate data, i.e. data where we have values...
European Psychotherapy Consortium (EPoC)
A coalition/consortium arising out of the Society for Psychotherapy Research meeting in 2022 and formalised...
Exploratory data analysis (EDA)
A statistical approach, methodology, inspired by John Tukey. Tukey was something of a polymath...
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...
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...
Empirical research
Any research involving data as well as theory rather than purely exploring theory (conceptual research). Details This...
ECM (Embedded Change Measurement)
As we say in Chapter 1:"We will use ECM to describe the process when OMs...
ESTs (Empirically Supported Treatments)
The name suggests interventions with some evidence base, however it has come to mean therapies...
Expectancy effects
Expectancy effects refer to the power that clients’ and therapists’ and researchers’ beliefs have on...
Estimate, estimation
In statistical thinking we treat a statistic from a sample both as a description of...