Reliability Flashcards
1
Q
What is reliability?
A
consistency
if it produces consistent findings and conducted using standardised procedures
2
Q
what is inter-rater reliability?
A
more than one rater/observer
observe the same observation at the same time
compare what they have seen
3
Q
how does one check for reliability?
A
test-retest reliability = conduct the test again and see if you get the same results
THEN
conduct spearmans rho test, comparing the scores (testing a correlation)
4
Q
improving questionnaire reliability
A
- close questions (objective fixed choice)
- avoid leading questions
- remove jargon
5
Q
improving interview reliability
A
- train interviewing skills (remove interviewer bias)
- same interviewer
- avoid jargon/leadings qs
6
Q
improving experiment reliability
A
- standardised procedures
- operationalise variables
- controlled environment
- conduct pilot study
- test-retest
7
Q
improving observation reliability
A
- operationalise behavioural categories
- same observer + inter-rater reliability
- observer trained in categories
