Dr. Schreck is a researcher who wants to know how accurate the autism diagnosis is for children below the age of 2 . Discuss what types of reliability and validity she might be interested in examining in her research
What will be an ideal response?
• Interrater reliability – would two or more clinicians diagnosis the same child with autism?
• Cross-time reliability – would the same clinician diagnosis the same child with autism at different ages?
• Internal validity – does the diagnosis of autism accurately represent the pattern of behaviors seen in children with autism?
• External validity – does the diagnosis mean something useful (e.g., how to treat)?
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b. a refusal by the government to fund via a payroll tax. c. rising healthcare costs. d. the increasing age of retirement.
According to Freud, fixation results in
A. adult personality characteristics related to the stage at which the fixation occurred. B. an increase in the amount of psychic energy available to the adult ego. C. either castration anxiety or penis envy, depending on the gender of the child. D. an increase in Freudian slips.
The area of the retina that will trigger the firing of a specific ganglion cell makes up that cell's:
a. retinal web b. transduction zone c. visual pathway d. receptive field
For which type of test are the data typically in the form of frequencies for different categories on a variable?
What will be an ideal response?