reliability and validity

Question 1

face validity

Answer 1

test’s content related to what the test is supposed to measure- related to diagnosis?

Question 2

criterion validity

Answer 2

the extent to which the test scores correlate with another direct and independent measure of what test is supposed to measure- gold standard

Question 3

concurrent validity

Answer 3

compares test with an external valid yardstick at the same time

Question 4

incremental validity

Answer 4

is this test superior to another test in approaching true validity

Question 5

cross-validity

Answer 5

after establishing criterion validity for one sample it maintains criterion validity when applied to another sample

Question 6

predictive validity

Answer 6

can the diagnosis be used to accurately predict outcome or other patient related events

Question 7

convergent validity

Answer 7

measures expected to be correlated are indeed found to be associated

Question 8

Divergent validity

Answer 8

measures discriminate successfully between other measures of unrelated constructs

Question 9

construct validity

Answer 9

the extent to which the scores on a test are in accordance with one’s theory about what is being tested AND in terms of future consequences

relies on both convergent and divergent validity being established

Question 10

test-retest reliability

Answer 10

high correlation between scores on same test on different occasions

Question 11

alternate form reliability

Answer 11

two forms of same test can be used

Question 12

split-half reliability

Answer 12

correlation coefficient is calculated between person’s scores on two comparable halves of the test
Cronbach’s alpha -internal consistency

Question 13

inter-rater reliability

Answer 13

high correlation of results with two or more raters
Intraclass Correlation Coefficient >.7 acceptable

Question 14

intra-rater reliability

Answer 14

level of agreement between assessments made by two or more assessors of same material presented at two or more times