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Class 5 Flashcards

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Is it reliable?

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  • replicability
  • is it a consistent test/measure?
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Test-retest reliability

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  • consistency in results
  • important in personality research
  • state personality VS trait personality
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Internal consistency reliability

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  • internal consistency
  • consistency in a pattern of answers, no matter how the question is phrased
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Inter-rater reliability

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  • degree to which 2+ coders/observers give a consistent rating of a set of targets
  • important in observational research
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Is it valid?

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Is it an accurate measure?
Does it measure what we want it to measure?
RELIABLE DOES NOT MEAN VALID

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Construct validity

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how well is the variable measured or manipulated

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Face validity (construct)

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Does it look like a good measure (subjective)

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Content validity (construct)

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The measure contains all the parts that established theory says it should (subjective)

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Criterion validity (construct)

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Predictive validity, measure is correlated with a relevant outcome (empirical)

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Convergent + discriminative validity (construct)

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  • convergent: measure is strongly associated with measures of similar constructs (empirical)
  • discriminant: measure is not strongly associated with measures of dissimilar constructs (empirical)
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Statistically conclusive validity

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When the conclusions of a research study are founded on an adequate analysis of the data

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Internal validity

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  • are the results valid?
  • are they effected by controlling the environment of study?
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External validity

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  • generalizability
  • how well do the results from one area apply to another area
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WEIRD populaitons

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Western
Educated
Industrialized
Rich
Democratic

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Is it testable?

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research designs in personality

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What is a variable?

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something that differs or can be measured differently among different cases
ex. aggression, cheerfulness, etc.

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Correlation study

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  • investigates the relationships between variables
  • versus causation: does one concept cause another one to happen?
  • directionality problem: what variable came first?
  • third variable problem: is a third, unmeasurable variable pushing the relationship?
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Experimental study

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  • determining causality
  • requires: a manipulation or intervention and
    similar groups at the start of the experiment
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Counterbalancing

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switching the order of manipulation

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Case studies

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  • in-depth examination of one individual

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