Reliability Flashcards

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Introducing reliability

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psychologists tend not to measure concrete things so reliability is difficult to establish

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test-retest

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the same test is administered to the same person on different occasions and results compared

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inter-observer reliability

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observers should compare data in a pilot study or at end of actual study to make sure behavioural categories are consistently applied

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Improving Reliability- Questionnaires

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if a questionnaire has low test-retest reliability, some items may need to be changed to closed questions as these may be less ambiguous

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Improving reliability- interviews

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should avoid questions that are leading or ambiguous and ensure interviewers are trained

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improving reliability- experiments

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standardisation of procedures will minimise extraneous variables

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improving reliability- observations

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behavioural categories should be properly operationalised and not overlap

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