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- 1. Fill in the Blank
Reliability refers to the extent to which result are ________________
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following are ways of assessing reliability?
Test-retest reliability
Inter-observer reliability
Face reliability
Concurrent reliability
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following are ways of assessing validity?
Test-retest validity
Inter-observer validity
Face validity
Concurrent validity
- 4. Fill in the Blank
__________________ reliability refers to the agreement between multiple observers in their tallied recordings.
- 5. Multiple Choice
When correlating results to assess reliability, what correlation coefficient must be obtained for the data to be considered reliable?
0.8
0.6
0.9
0.7
- 6. Multiple Choice
Inter-observer reliability is usually assessed when using which research method?
Interviews
Experiments
Observations
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of the following could improve inter-observer reliability?
Establishing clear behavioural categories
Training observers with examples
Filming the participants
Using structured interviews
- 8. Fill in the Blank
____________ reliability refers to assessing the consistency of participants data when they complete the research on more than one occassion.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements are true?
Inter-observer reliability must involve the use of more than one observer.
Inter-observer reliability must involve participants taking part in the research more than once.
Test-retest reliability must involve participants taking part in the research more than once.
Test-retest reliability must involve the use of more than one observer.
- 10. Fill in the Blank
Using s___________ procedures would improve test-retest reliability in an experiment.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following could improve test-retest reliability in an observation?
Establishing clear behavioural categories
Using the same observer
Using event sampling rather than time sampling
Conducting a naturalistic observation
- 12. Multiple Choice
For questionnaires to have high test-retest reliability, they should comprise of:
Open questions
Closed questions
- 13. Multiple Choice
To increase test-retest reliability in interviews, researchers should use which of the following? Choose 2 answers.
A structured interview
An unstructured interview
The same interviewer
Different interviewers
- 14. Multiple Choice
When using a statistical test to assess test-retest or inter-observer reliability, which of the following criteria MUST that test meet?
It must be a test of difference
It must be a test of correlation
It must be appropriate for nominal data
It must be appropriate for a repeated measures design
- 15. Multiple Choice
Participants completed a personality test. A week later, the researcher asked the participants to complete the test again to assess the reliability of the data. Which statement is correct?
The researcher is assessing inter-observer reliability
The researcher is assessing test-retest reliability
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