Reliability
The definition of reliability
the consistency of a measure
Tue or False: Ethics are the same as laws
False
the definition of validity
A measure assesses what it's supposed to
The average of the distribution
mean
True or False: Grade and Age-based norms are really easy to use and understand.
False: False: they are often misinterpreted as reflecting the age or grade a child is at rather than understanding that they provide information about whether a child is below the age or grade level we would expect for their current age or grade
The consistency between two people
inter-rater reliability
Right to determine what information is shared
Right to privacy
I want to know if the midterm assesses the material you've learned in class
Content validity
the range of a correlation coefficient
+1
The level a clinician with a master's degree has for accessing assessment measures
Level B
Reliability is a but not condition for validity
necessary, sufficient
Right to keep information private
Right to confidentiality
Clients take the measure and feel like they know what they are being asked about (i.e., does the measure seem to ask what it says it does)
Face validity
The type of scale when you answer a Likerttype questionnaire where your response options are "never," "sometimes," and "often"
Ordinal - it's rank order
True or False: The norming sample doesn't matter as long as the measure demonstrates good reliability and validity
False: the purpose of the instrument matters. If the norming sample is not representative of your client then the reliability and validity evidence may not apply to your client
The consistency between giving a measure at two different points in time
Test-retest
Right to determine with whom information is shared
Right to confidentiality
'm interested in predicting some outcome for my measure
criterion-related validity
why we use standard scores
because raw scores are meaningless without context
What would influence your decision about whether to over-identify clients at risk for suicide or under-identify clients at risk for suicide?
the decision made
I'm interested in how well all the items of my measure of depression correlate with one another and the total scale
Internal consistency
Keeping assessment measures secure
Right to confidentiality
I want to show that my measure of personality is NOT related to shoe size
discriminant validity
A distribution where the mean, median and mode are the same
A normal distribution
True or False: It would be acceptable to use a less expensive measure that has somewhat lower reliability and validity estimates than a measure that is more expensive with stronger reliability and validity estimates
True: incremental utility says that at times we at times we may use instruments that have relatively lower reliability/validit y estimates but that are more easily accessible/less expensive than a measure with stronger evidence of reliability and validity