PSYC35H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: 16Pf Questionnaire, Test Data, Open Data Protocol
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Week 2 lecture #2: wednesday september 14, 2016. Sources of personality data: life-outcome data (l-data, observer-report data (o-data) Information that can be gleaned from events, activities, and outcomes in a person"s life that is available for public scrutiny e. g. , marriage, speeding tickets. Information provided by someone else about another person: key features of o-data. Provide access to information not attainable through other sources: multiple observers can be used to assess a person. Information provided by a person, such as through a survey or interview. May not have much insight about themselves. Ppl are asked to make judgments about the degree of some characteristic they may possess, or how they might behave in a certain sit. Can obtain or disregard their responses, since no validity/reliability factor. Well known reliable objective inventories: mmpi, cpi, nep personality inventory. Objective = the method used to score a person"s responses, not the responses themselves. Not an objective answer from the person, just called objective.
