PAI intro

Question 1

Describe PAI development

Answer 1

Used rational and quantitative construction

Rational component was theory driven

Quantitative component focused on stability and correlation

Focus on content and discriminant validity

Question 2

Morey’s goals for test construction

Answer 2

An instrument whose scales reflect their names
Items that are broad enough to gather a lot of content about a diagnosis, but also designed to be specific to that diagnosis (breadth and depth of coverage).
He wanted to be able to assess different severities of a construct
Likert scale