Research methods - reliability
- Created by: Nadia
- Created on: 12-05-14 11:57
Reliability - we need to be able to measure/observe something time after time and produce the same or similar results.
EXTERNAL reliability
Measures consistency from one occasion to another - results should be found on different days, different labs, observations or interview by different researchers. To test this - test/ retest- ppts take same test on different occasions.
INTERNAL reliability
Measures the extent to which a test or procedure is consistent within itself, e.g, questions in an interview should all be measuring the same thing. To improve this - split half - compare ppts performance on two halves of a test or questionnaire - should be close correlations on both halves of the test.
improving researcher reliability --
INTRA rater reliability ~ this refers to consistency of a researchers behaviour. Researcher should produce…
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