Concurrent validity

It comes as no surprise that the clothing we wear has a major influence on how others perceive us. There are valid reasons why we don’t typically sport sweatpants at job interviews or ripped jeans at funerals; generally, we tend to present ourselves in attire that is socially acceptable so that others are more likely to form positive impressions of us. In this experiment, we examine the effect that clothing has, not only on social perception, but also on social influence, particularly in regards…

The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), created by Beck, Ward, Mendelson, Mock, and Erbaugh (1961) is one of the most widely used self-report instruments for psychiatric populations that assesses depression through the depth or severity of depressive symptoms. The BDI contains 21 items that are rated on a 4-point scale (0-3) which reflect increasing symptom severity and cover areas of depressive symptomology including affective, cognitive, motivational, and physiological symptoms (Bumberry et al.,…

correlations corrected to appropriate length 0.82 0.70 402 males and females (high school students) CONSISTENCY OVER TIME (test-retest correlations, time interval varying from immediate to one week) 0.82 0.69 1323 males and females ( students) 3.5.3 Validities Of The Culture Fair Test: SCALE 3 Method of…

Evidence of convergent validity, which the authors refer to as "concurrent" validity (manual, p. 8), isbased on correlations between OQ(c) scores and scores on 10 other tests that measure similar constructs (e.g., BDI, STAI, SCL-90-R). Reportedcorrelation coefficients are satisfactorily high (in the .44-.92 range) and are, at least for the total score, generally in the expected direction. Specificevidence of discriminant validity is lacking. Also lacking is discussion/elaboration…

limb amputee population are the Patient Specific Functional Scale and the Rivermead Mobility Index. When comparing outcome measure one should look at the validity, reliability and responsiveness of the outcome measure they are choosing. Reliability knows that if you run a test more than one time the same result will occur each time. Validity is defined as the degree to which an instrument…

Recession (Leachman). Many programs are being abolished or diminished by our state’s legislatures in order to save public education funds. One area that many people feel may not be a necessary program is that of offering concurrent college classes to high school students. Concurrent classes are college classes that high school students can take so they can earn college credits while still in high school.…

Discussion The results of this study indicate that PSQI-P had acceptable psychometric properties include good reliability and validity in clinical and non-clinical samples. Reliability was higher in the clinical sample than in control group. PSQI-P reliability in our study were somewhat higher than or approximately similar to other PSQI translations(5-8). Although assessment of subjective sleep quality in sleep disordered sample, other clinical condition or general population is an important…

purpose, normative sample, reliability and validity of the CTOPP. The CTOPP is used to identify individuals ages 5 years to 24 years and 11 months, who are significantly below their peers in important phonological abilities. Due to the wide age range covered…

2013). “Approximately 52% of participants had a primary diagnosis in Axis I, and approximately 48 % had a primary diagnosis on Axis II (Zennaro, et al., 2013, p. 49).” The purpose of this study was to verify the validity data of the MCMI-III, then to compare the data to other relative literature (including the manual). Axis I outcomes indicate that the sensitivity values are not adequate, meaning that none of the syndrome scales clearly distinguish between true positives and false negatives.…

conflict for example, items were rated from 1 (almost never) to 4 (almost always). Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), was used to screen children to measure their positive and negative behaviours, results showed good reliability and validity (Goodman, Lamping, & Ploubidis, 2010) and had adequate internal consistency with its Cronbach’s alpha value at 0.76 for internalising problems, 0.72 for externalising problems, and a value of 0.82 for prosocial behaviour. As for parenting style,…