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Why is it important that psychological research be valid and reliable?

Why is it important that psychological research be valid and reliable?. Today’s session. Validity. The extent to which something measures what it purports to measure. Research studies. Measurements. Face. Predictive. Concurrent. Construct. Internal. External. Ecological. Sampling.

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Why is it important that psychological research be valid and reliable?

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  1. Why is it important that psychological research be valid and reliable?

  2. Today’s session

  3. Validity The extent to which something measures what it purports to measure Research studies Measurements Face Predictive Concurrent Construct Internal External Ecological Sampling

  4. Reliability The extent to which something produces consistent results Research studies Measurements Inter-observer/ inter-rater Questionnaires Test-retest Split half

  5. A while ago you completed a questionnaire to measure stress. We are going to assess its reliability and validity.

  6. We will use correlations to assess reliability and some aspects of validity. Which statistical test should we use and why?

  7. Reliability • Test-retest • Test-retest reliability is high if a measure yields similar scores on different occasions • Split half • Split-half reliability is high if the odd scale items yield a similar score to the even scale items

  8. Validity • Face validity • Does it look OK?(Weak) • Concurrent • Does it agree with other measures of the same thing? • Predictive • Does it accurately predict what will happen in the future? • Construct • Does it capture the entirety of the phenomenon it measures?

  9. How would you assess the predictive validity of our stress questionnaire?

  10. Is it necessarily desirable... • For a questionnaire to give consistent results • For a measure to agree with other measures?

  11. Homework • Write a short report about the reliability and validity of the stress questionnaire. Use the data from today’s class to comment on its test-retest and split half reliability and its concurrent validity (assume the other questionnaire is a valid measure of stress).

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