Reliablity Flashcards

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What is inter-rater reliability?

A

Is everyone on the research team doing the same thing

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How do you assess inter-rater reliability?

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Do a test where all members of the research team do the same thing to see if you have inter-rater/inter-observer reliability

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What is internal reliability?

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How consistent a measure is within an investigation

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How do you assess internal reliability?

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Split half method:
Get people to do the test, split questions into half to make 2 scores to make a correlation
= should find the scores are similar

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How do you improve internal reliability?

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Carefully search through answers for the individual responses and look for what questions threw them out

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What is external reliability?

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How reliable the test is from one occasion to another = will you get the same result

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How do you assess external reliability?

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Test-retest = assess the consistency/stability of the test
- repeat the test over time using the same participants = make a correlation of the results.
A high correlation suggests the test is reliable

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