Principles and application of assessment
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Reliability
✓ the ability of a test to give the same results under similar conditions, helps us
measure the unsustematic errors in testing situation.
Validity
✓ The ability of a test to measure what it is intended to measure. What are we
really measuring with our assessment?
Assessment
✓ the collection of relevant information in order to come to conclusion.-Sattler,
2018
Common assessment approaches and application
✓ 1. in-vitro observation
✓ 2 Screening/rating scale
✓ 3. Standardized testing
✓ 4. Structured Interview
In-vitro observation
✓ finding out frequently and triggers for behavior in natural setting
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Screening/rating scales
✓ measuring distress in an objective way. find others' rating of severity.
Standardized testing
✓ Comparing symptoms with a standard sample. Uncovering and measuring non
observable behavior.
Structured interview
✓ using standardized interview protocol to collect necessary data about a
suspected problem.
types of liabilty
✓ 1. test-retest
✓ 2. inner-rater
✓ 3. alternate / parallel forms
test-retest reliability
✓ correlation between a person's score on one administration of the test with the
same person's score on a subsequent administration of the test
inner-rater reliability
✓ correlation variation between two or more rates using the same method or
scale.
alternative / parallel forms
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