Reliability

Question 1

What is inter observer reliability

Answer 1

Extent to which there is an agreement between 2 or more observers involved in observations of a behaviour

Question 2

What is reliability

Answer 2

Consistency- the production of the same results on different occasions

Question 3

What is test retest reliability

Answer 3

Same test or interview is govern to the same participants on two occasions to see if the same results are obtained

Question 4

What is standardisation

Answer 4

Procedures must be kept the same every time a study is repeated

Question 5

What are investigator effects

Answer 5

Anything an investigator does that has an effect on a participants performance other than what was intended

Question 6

What are demand characteristics

Answer 6

Cues that inadvertently communicate the aims of the study to participants

Question 7

What are confounding variables

Answer 7

Variables that varies systematically with the independent variable and therefore can’t drawn

Question 8

What is social desirability bias

Answer 8

Participants provide answers which put them in a positive light

Question 9

What is face validity

Answer 9

Whether a self report measure LOOKS like what it’s measuring

Question 10

What is concurrent validity

Answer 10

Measures how well a new test correlates with an existing validated test that studies the same thing

Question 11

3 ways to improve validity in lab experiments

Answer 11

Tightly control extraneous variables
Describe materials in depth
Standardised instructions