PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Criterion Validity, Predictive Validity, Content Validity
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Therapeutic assessment an approach to assessment that regards the assessment as the beginning of therapeutic intervention. Structuring assessments so that it may provide new insights, a sense of relief a more mindful approach to cope w/ life challenges , or simply the sense that some is taking an interest & cares. Reliability same scientific observation each time it is applied. Correlation a measure of how closely two variables are related. Helps make a diagnosis in a standardized way: evidence based assessment the selection of assessment measures based on research evidence attesting to the reliability + validity of the measures + reading level required. Standardization the process of constructing an assessment procedure that has norms & meets the various psychometric criteria for reliability and validity. Test norm the mean (typical scores) that are normative for a particular population the assessment of an individual ls is compared with the scores of the typical population.
