Test validity

history of suicide attempt, past psychiatric hospitalization., history of physical or sexual trauma, current medical problems, history of hallucinations, paranoid ideation, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, and arrests (Jenelle Slavin-Mulford, External Validity of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) in a Clinical Sample, 2012). The evetns were significant and scored as such because the degree of outcomes, categorized as positive (education, employment, or marriage), psychiatric severity…

Test-retest reliability can be a useful assessment for a survey instrument. “Test-retest reliability provides information on how consistent a measure is when it is administered twice in a relatively short time frame. The appropriate length of that time frame will vary with both the instrument and the target population” (Krysik & Finn, 2013, p.266). In addition, the interval needs to be extended so that the subject cannot recall the answers and short enough to make sure that no changes occur in…

general population), “treatment sample” (adolescents under treatment for alcohol use), and the “validation sample” (adolescents with psychological/behavioral problems). This wide range helps add to the data available when determining reliability and validity (Donlon,…

Measuring validity is important because it determines the impact of research. Validity is defined as “an integrated, evaluative judgment of the degree to which empirical evidence and theoretical rationales support the adequacy and appropriateness of inferences and actions based on test scores or other modes of assessment” (Salkind, 2010, p.1). There are many criteria of rigorous research, for example, internal validity, external validity, objectivity of observer, replicability, and reliability…

of an individual and the participant’s levels of religiosity to test the relationship between the two topics. Various studies that looked into religious views and the acceptance of homosexuality have stated that religion and other factors influence an individual’s attitude to homosexuality (Decoo, 2014), an experiment was conducted examining young people’s attitudes…

1- Do more searches of information for decision-making. 2- Communicate more with others. 3- Are more open-minded than others. 4- Enjoy deliberate intellectual activities. 5- Identify more deliberate causal links for others ' behavior. 6- Pay more attention to prices on their purchasing decisions. 7- Prefer written information to visual information. 8- Rarely influenced by others ' opinions (experts) (Del Hawkins et al., 2009). Prior to 1990, papers were examined as advertising effectiveness in…

Are The Reliability And Validity Of The Instruments Described? Did The Researcher Examine The Reliability And Validity Of The Instruments For The Present Sample? The reliability and validity of the instrument (CWEQ-II) that was used to measure nurse empowerment shows a construct validity that is substantiated in a confirmatory factor analysis that revealed a good fit of the hypothesized factor structure…

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LAZY ARGUING Sea World’s attempt to refute the documentary “Blackfish” was so disappointing. It did not just fail; it crashed and burned. “Blackfish” is a documentary that shows the psychological and physical harm Sea World is doing to their Killer whales by keeping them in a confined space. The Documentary also demonstrates the danger Sea World is putting their trainers in by having them work with their killer whales. In response Sea World published, on their website, an article titled…

Gensler: Divine Command Theory Gensler’s main argument for the Divine Command Theory is to argue the moral reasons for the existence of God. He gives the premises that everyone knows objective moral duties. Then comes the idea that if there are objective moral duties there has to be something that makes them moral law. For this the only answer that makes sense is God because it cannot be a person or other individuals in society since we do not have the authority to tell someone is they do…