Reliability

Reliability refers to the extent to which result are ________________

Which of the following are ways of assessing reliability?

• Test-retest reliability

• Inter-observer reliability

• Face reliability

• Concurrent reliability

Which of the following are ways of assessing validity?

• Test-retest validity

• Inter-observer validity

• Face validity

• Concurrent validity

__________________ reliability refers to the agreement between multiple observers in their tallied recordings.

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

Inter-observer reliability is usually assessed when using which research method?

• Interviews

• Experiments

• Observations

Which of the following could improve inter-observer reliability?

• Establishing clear behavioural categories

• Training observers with examples

• Filming the participants

• Using structured interviews

____________ reliability refers to assessing the consistency of participants data when they complete the research on more than one occassion.

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.

Using s___________ procedures would improve test-retest reliability in an experiment.