PSYC36H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Card Sorting, Qualitative Property, Neuropsychology

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It is based on only one narrowly defined aspect of a set of behaviour samples. And it is two or more steps removed from the original behaviour. Evaluation of cognitive test data: test scores. Can be expressed in a variety of forms rarely does a test make use a raw score for in itself a raw score communicates nothing about its relative value. What can we tell from this test. How many categories are they able to sort. Qualitative data: direct observations, in the formal np examination these influence observations of the patient"s test- taking behaviour as well as test behaviour per se. Limitations of qualitative data: all of the standardization, reliability and validity problems inherent in the collection and evaluation of data by a single observer are ever-present threats to objectivity. Lecture 6: if this, then that: the problem of overgeneralizing. The not uncommon mistake of interpretation error made when examiners overgeneralize their findings.

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