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Susan Welsh

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SW

German to English Social Sciences Psychology statistics - abbreviation

I can't identify this abbreviation:

[The WAI is the Working Alliance Inventory.]
Die Therapeutin schätzte die therapeutische Beziehung (WAI-SRT: SW = 44, Range = 10–50) als sehr positiv ein.

[The EQ-5D-SL is various measures of the quality of life.]
Sie berichtete eine deutlich gebesserte Lebensqualität (EQ-5D-5L: Index = 0,86), jedoch anhaltend schwere Schlafstörung (ISI: SW = 23).

Während sie nach drei Monaten (T2) eine eingeschränkte Lebensqualität (EQ-5D-5L: IndexT2 = 0,47, IndexT3 = 0,79) und weiterhin moderat-schwere Insomnie (ISI: SWT2 = 22, SWT3 = 16) berichtete, besserten sich beide Gesundheitsbeschwerden nach neun Monaten (T3) stark.

Thanks!

Proposed translations (English)

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standard value

Stephen Sadie

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Nov 12, 2019 16:50: Susan Welsh Created KOG entry

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Björn Vrooman Nov 12, 2019: Thanks for telling us! Happens quite rarely =)
Susan Welsh (asker) Nov 12, 2019: Standardwert it is It is indeed Standardwert. I had provisionally used "standardized score," with the abbreviation SS (with a query), which the authors accepted.
Susan Welsh (asker) Oct 16, 2019: still waiting for reply from authors Proz keeps reminding me to close this, but I haven't forgotten. When I know what it should be, I will close it.
Susan Welsh (asker) Sep 30, 2019: I can't decide One of the Figures elsewhere in the article has the label "Summenwerte" in the context of PHQ-8, so that might be what's wanted here. I am going to have to leave it as a query for the authors, and will post it here if they answer me. Thanks to all for your help. I won't close the question yet.
Björn Vrooman Sep 28, 2019: Hello Susan Any new developments? I'm curious. Does standard score (or Z-score to T-score) work? Even after looking at the following links, I'm not entirely sure what's best: https://www.statisticshowto.datasciencecentral.com/probabili... https://mt01001165.schoolwires.net/site/handlers/filedownloa... http://faculty.virginia.edu/PullenLab/WJIIIDRBModule/WJIIIDR... Quantitative methods weren't my strong suit :-/ Best
Björn Vrooman Sep 27, 2019: Anytime Here's a Wiki link about Normenskalen in psychology: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normwertskala It says "SW (Standardwerte), auch Z." I think mean is probably wrong, but Z-score looks likely because "Z-scores are also known as standardized scores; they are scores (or data values) that have been given a common standard." https://www.spss-tutorials.com/z-scores-what-and-why/
Susan Welsh (asker) Sep 27, 2019: to Björn Thanks, very helpful as always!
Björn Vrooman Sep 27, 2019: Susan The WAI-SRT was developed by Adam O. Horvath, a Canadian, so there's no excuse for posting an answer not specifically referencing the English source material. Does this help you: https://wai.profhorvath.com Yes, SW is Standardwert, as you can see here in the table: https://www.bisp-sportpsychologie.de/SpoPsy/DE/Diagnostikpor... [Edit] Something to do with standard score. See: https://m.portal.hogrefe.com/dorsch/standardwert http://faculty.virginia.edu/PullenLab/WJIIIDRBModule/WJIIIDR... See also the files on Horvath's page (first link in this post). Best
Susan Welsh (asker) Sep 27, 2019: Summenwert? This possibility just occurred to me, but it's only a guess. I usually translate that as "cumulative value."
Armorel Young Sep 27, 2019: Sollwert? Giving that the quality of a therapeutic relationship is being assessed, do you think it is Sollwert - target value? This could also to the later situations relating to insomnia and quality of life.

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Stephen Sadie

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standard value

would be my tuppence, it's unlikely to be Software or even the asker's Initials!

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sorry, the German would be Standardwert

Note from asker:

Thanks. See last item in Discussion. Someone else closed this, not me, but Standardwert is correct. Standardized score (SS).

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agree	Adrian MM. 1 hr
agree	Fernanda Janeiro 3 days 22 hrs

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Standardwert = standardized score (SS)

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