PSYCHOLOGY Research Methods Reliability

What statistical test can be used to measure the strength of a correlation between two observers recorded data?

• Chi square

• Pearson's r

• Spearman's rho

• Mann-Whitney

What method of assessing reliability involves involves repeating the measure with the same participants after some time (a week or two so they don’t remember their first response)?

• Inter-observer reliability

• Test-retest reliability

• Standardised procedures

• Inter-rater reliability

Which two of the ways below are ways of improving observer reliability?

• Give observers more practice using the categories.

• Pilot studies

• Inter-rater reliability

• Operationalising the behavioural categories clearly.

Which method of assessing reliability involves repeating the interview with the same interviewer on another occasion?

• Inter-interviewer reliability

• Inter-rater reliability

• Test-retest reliability

Which three of the methods below can improve reliability in self-report research?

• Clearly operationalised behavioural categories

• Rewrite ambiguous questions

• Standardised procedures

• Pilot study

Reliability is about...

• Objectivity

• Truth

• Consistency

• Large samples

What terms refers to the consistency of measures used in an investigation?

• Reliable reliability

• Internal reliability

• External reliability

• Unhurried reliability

What term refers to consistency of measures from one occasion to another?

• Temporal reliability

• Internal reliability

• External reliability

• Repetitive reliability

In what research method is the reliability issue whether the method used to measure the dependent variable is consistent?

• Experiments

• Interviews

• Content analysis

• Observation

How confident are you in your understanding of the content knowledge on reliability?

• I am lost. No idea.

• Fairly confident

• Confident

• Brilliant. I am a master of reliability