Children's Depression Inventory Analysis

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The test that I have chosen is the Children’s Depression Inventory which was published by Multi Health Systems and is intended for test takers ages 7-17 either in the educational or clinical setting to evaluation depression symptoms. Lee, Krishnan, and Park (2011; 2012) discusses the psychometric properties of the test to help address the question of the specific type of reliability, the associated source of error, as well as Lee, Krishnan, and Park’s interpretation of the results.
The study presented by Lee, Krishnan, and Parks (2011; 2012) used the Item Response Theory approach to investigate the psychometric proprieties of the Children’s Depression Inventory. The test was administered to 8th grade and 12th grade students and evaluated dimensionality,

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