PSYB30H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Absenteeism, Social Desirability Bias, Reagent
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Personal assessment the measurement of individual characteristics of a person, often through personality tests, interviews and other measures. According to all professional organizations, a good personality test is valid, reliable and specifies the conditions, population and cultures the test applies to and generalizability. Test reliability: generalizability across time, items and raters. Reliability how consistent a measure is over time, items or raters. Temporal consistency reliability when an assessment gives consistent results across time, often demonstrated by test-retest reliability. Test-retest reliability a measure of temporal consistency; when a test gives a consistent result from one point in time to a later point in time: eliminates any cheating or practice effects. Internal consistency reliability when an assessment gives consistent results across items, demonstrated by parallel forms reliability, split-half reliability, or. Parallel forms reliability a measure of internal consistency reliability; when two or more versions of a test give consistent results.
