Worksheet - Reliability, Validity, and Norms
Worksheet - Reliability, Validity, and Norms
Worksheet - Reliability, Validity, and Norms
Instruction:
● Use our class time to discuss answers to the following questions (found below).
● Appoint a group leader to facilitate the group discussion.
● Take turns in expressing your thoughts as regards the questions listed below.
● Be open to the thoughts or opinion of others.
● As you discuss, listen to the points shared by classmates.
● It is alright to learn from each other. In real life, we need to collaborate so that
we can solve our problems.
● After everyone has shared, it is then time to write your individual answers and
submit your worksheet on Monday (September 6, 2021)
● If you borrow some ideas from literature, then cite.
1. Why is there a need for us to learn the concepts Reliability and Validity?
As future psychometricians there’s a need for us to learn the concepts of Reliability and Validity
in order for our assessments to be free of bias and distortion. Reliability and validity are two
concepts that are important for defining and measuring bias and distortion.We strive to have
reliable, consistent instruments to measure our assessments properly.
Psychometricians create tests to measure for diagnosing their patients. Thus , in making these
assessment’s reliability, validity, and norms should be considered. In order to provide test
creators and users with sufficient evidence of whether the instrument justifies what it claims.
c. Being told that your IQ is superior compared to other young adults who took the same
kind of IQ test- is Norm-referenced since the IQ test is evaluated based on people's IQs who
took the same kind of exam. Adding more to that, examinees are being ranked and compared
as superior and inferior.
Note: After identifying whether it is criterion or norm referenced, be sure to discuss/justify your
answer. You will earn half the score only if you do not discuss or justify your answers.
5. While learning the topic: Validity (and its types), what three questions came to your mind
and how did you resolve these questions? List the questions first, then provide discussion of
how you resolved/answered the question.
In my journey of learning the topic: Validity (and its types) , I have come across three questions
in mind and I have gathered references and sources that will help me to answer my queries.
The following questions and answers are stated below:
According to (Cherry 2020) validity is the extent to which a test measures what it
claims to measure. It is vital for a test to be valid in order for the results to be
accurately applied and interpreted.Validity isn’t determined by a single statistic,
but by a body of research that demonstrates the relationship between the test
and the behavior it is intended to measure.
3.Face validity considers how suitable the content of a test seems to be on the
surface. It’s similar to content validity, but face validity is a more informal and
subjective assessment.
4.Criterion validity evaluates how closely the results of your test correspond to
the results of a different test.
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