PSY 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 47: Child Behavior Checklist, Inter-Rater Reliability
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Part that describes the technique to collect the data. Allows the reader to judge if they think the methods were good. Means that we need to provide enough information for replication. Procedures for selecting participants or the sampling method. If randomly assigned, do not explain procedure for random assignments (e. g. a coin toss) State how many and why they did not continue. Results depend on whether or not the measures are adequate. Research supporting the reliability and validity (not required for us-but it helps) Parent reported child behavior problems were measured with the child behavior checklist (cbcl; achenbach & edelbrock, 1945) Helps the reader see how items are worded. Items may be scored in different ways, such as. Described so we understand the response options of participants. Helps us judge if the measure was adequate. And why participants might have responded the way they did. A higher score on a depression scale means more depressive symptoms.
