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Measurement General process of determining the dimensions of an attribute or trait. Assessment Processes and procedures for collecting information about human behavior. Assessment tools include tests and inventories, rating scales, observation, interview data and other techniques. Appraisal Appraisal implies going beyond measurement to making judgments about human attributes and behaviors and is used interchangeably with evaluation. Interpretation Making a statement about the meaning or usefulness of measurement data according to the professional counselor's knowledge and judgment. Measures of Central Tendency A distribution of scores (measurements on a number of individuals) can be examined using the following measures: Mean; the arithmetic average symbolized by X or M Median: the middle score in a distribution of scores Mode: the most frequent score in a distribution of scores All three of these fall in the same place (are identical) when the distribution of scores is symmetrical, i.e., normally distributed (not skewed). Skew The degree to which a distribution of scores is not normally distributed Positive Skew: tail to right