Spring 2026 SOWK 460w Week 08 - Instruments and Validity

A presentation at Heritage University in March 2026 by Jacob Campbell and is tagged with Heritage University, BASW Program, SOWK 460w

Pink square with a lightbulb icon and numbered list; text reads: 'Instruments, and Validity, Spring 2026, SOWK 460w, Week 08, Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LICSW at Heritage University.'

**Object**: Slide**Action**: Displays agenda and objectives**Context**: Educational presentation**Text**:- **Title**: 'Week Eight Plan'- **Agenda**: - Logic model peer review - Validity and threats to validity - Searching for sources - Time to work on projects- **Learning Objectives**: - Conduct a peer review of a program logic model using established criteria to provide constructive feedback to peers. - Define validity and distinguish among types of validity used in program evaluation. - Identify and explain classic threats to internal validity and describe strategies for mitigating those threats in a program evaluation design. - Recognize and correct common item-writing problems in survey and instrument development.

The image shows a slide with a 'Logic Model' under 'Peer Review.' It instructs reviewing and submitting notes in the MyHeritage Forum. A rubric titled 'Logic Model Rubric for SOWK 460w' is included, categorizing descriptions from 'Initial' to 'Highly Developed.'

A typewriter icon appears next to a list detailing 'Methods for Evaluation: Basics for Every Method,' including sample selection, data collection, analysis, and reporting. (Kapp & Anderson, 2010) mentioned.

Three pie charts show data distribution; the first two are divided with labeled percentages (75%-25%), while the third is a solid circle labeled 100%. Below, colorful text reads 'Sampling.'

A compass lies on a wooden surface. Beside it, text titled 'Validity' lists types: content, face, concurrent, predictive, known groups, discriminant, and convergent validity with the question, 'What is it and how do we address it?'

The image features icons representing 'Classic Threats to Internal Validity': a statue for History, hourglass for Maturation and Time, checklist for Testing, hammer for Instrumentation, and graph for Statistical Regression. Text: 'Classic Threats to internal validity' and source noted as '(Kapp & Anderson, 2010)'.

Diagram identifies 'Classic Threats to internal validity' including: 'Selection Bias,' 'Experimental Mortality and Attrition,' 'Ambiguity About Direction of Causal Influences,' 'Design Contamination,' 'Diffusion or Imitation of Treatments.' Features icons and arrows to illustrate concepts. (Kapp & Anderson, 2010).

Diagram depicting classic threats to internal validity, such as interaction effects. Icons include people, diagrams, charts, a magnifying glass, and other symbols. Text: 'Classic Threats to internal validity,' 'Interaction Effects,' 'A → B,' 'Kapp & Anderson, 2010.'

The image is a presentation slide listing 'Tips for Searching for Sources' with nine detailed tips on finding scholarly sources, including starting broad, using key words, and employing synonyms.

The image shows the word 'DEMO' in a gradient blue-to-purple font. Below, the text reads 'Burnout and Child Welfare Workers' on a plain white background.

Title slide lists item writing issues: double-barreled and leading questions, unavailable info, jargon, insensitive language, loaded and vague questions, non-exclusive choices, all-inclusive and negatively constructed terms.

Slide with text reads: 'Time to work on questionnaires or literature review,' using blue and purple gradient text on a white background.

Dr. Jacob Campbell

13 slides

Description

During week eight, we will engage in a peer review of your logic models and consider the validity and instruments used to collect data for your program evaluation. We can also consider threats to validity to develop a more robust, more valid evaluation and to identify high-quality sources of information. We will have time in class to work on your projects. The agenda for the in-person class session includes:

Logic model peer review
Validity and threats to validity
Searching for sources
Time to work on projects

Learning Objectives

Conduct a peer review of a program logic model using established criteria to provide constructive feedback to peers.
Define validity and distinguish among types of validity used in program evaluation.
Identify and explain classic threats to internal validity and describe strategies for mitigating those threats in a program evaluation design.
Recognize and correct common item-writing problems in survey and instrument development.