believe will support myself in the professional field is the Sensory Profile 2 by Winnie Dunn and Greenspan Social-Emotional Growth Chart by Stanley Greenspan. Speaking about these two instruments, they both promote a reliability and validity. According to Hays (2013), reliability is extremely important for professionals who use psychological testing. With that being said, the method attributes the consistency of the test measurements and excludes chance and nonessential factors in the outcome…
accuracy, and reliability in behavioral measurement? Validity measurement is important, because it measures the target behavior, measures the duration of the target behavior and any questions that are directed towards that behavior. Validity also makes sure the data was tracked at appropriate times and are relevant to the target behavior(Cooper, Heron & Heward, 2007, p. 103). If none of these elements add up, then the resulted data is compromised, therefore the data is meaningless.…
The Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales second edition This short paper has the aim of reviewing the Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales second edition (RIAS-2). The first edition of this instrument was introduced about 12 years ago, (Beaujean & McGlaughlin, 2014). The new version of the RIAS will be ready for use from mid-2016, (Reynolds & Kamphaus, n.d). The RIAS-2 is an individual administered psychometric instrument designed to evaluate cognitive ability: general intelligence (g),…
Measurement in Research Michael R. Dulin Florida Gulf Coast University Abstract Measurement is: • “the process of observing and recording the observations that are collected as of a research effort.” (Trochim, 2006) • “the assigning of numbers to observations in order to quantify phenomena.” (Kimberlin and Winterstein, 2008) • “characterizing individuals in terms of the issues under study.” (Babbie, Halley, Wagner, & Zaino, 2013) As a society, we thirst for measurement. Does this work?…
Individuals researching within the health and social care environment may come across many ethical issues and professionals need to be able to accept service users’ choices and opinions. An ethical issue is when someone has to judge what is right and what is wrong and being able to make the right choice without disrespecting service users’ opinions and choices and treating every individual fairly and with dignity. By staying away from ethical issues will reduce the amount of conflict and will…
Research Methodology There are very few studies on yoga intervention on alcohol and substance abuse. There ae several factors associated with substance abuse that prevents patients from relapse. Participants will be select based on the following criteria: the age, the employment status and the patient admitted for long-term inpatient treatment. The patient age 18 and over, who are currently employed in a firm and who are admitted in the facility as inpatient will be recruited for the research.…
In the employee selection process organizations use different techniques to test and predict potential job performance. An employee’s past performance in other positions is a good indicator of future job performance. During the hiring process applicants provide information as verification that the individual is suitable for the position. Employers are able to predict employee performance by requiring a minimum level of education or training to be hired in the organization. Within the text, it…
Reliability and Validity of Stress and Coping Styles Measurement Although extensive research has been conducted to analyze the factors influencing hopelessness depression (HD), there has been lesser research focused on the factors contributing to HD in adolescence. In “Daily stress and coping styles in adolescent hopelessness depression: Moderating effects of gender,” Rodriguez-Naranjo and Caño aimed to link daily stress and coping styles as factors contributing to HD in adolescence.…
creating my assessment, I really focused on what we learned throughout the semester such as having a variety of question types, reaching more than one level of Bloom’s Taxonomy, straying from giving clues within my questions, and accounting for bias, reliability, validity, and diverse learners. I started out by choosing a lesson that would be a bit easier to put into a written test form (considering art classes are most commonly based on performance). So, I chose photography because there are a…
Results McGill pain questionnaire Melzack (1975) developed the Mcgill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) in 1975 to assist in evaluating the subjective pain experiences of clients noting that different pain has unique qualities. It made up of 78 pain descriptions divided into three categories, sensory, affective and evaluate (Boyle, Boerresen & Jang, 2015; Melzack, 1975; Melzack, 2005). Malzack (1975) described the three main measures as the pain rating index, which is based on the value assigned to…