PSY/7610 Discussion 2

Selecting a Consistent Test

Resources

• PSY7610 Library Research Guide.

Your second course assignment, Evaluation of Technical Quality, is due at the end of Unit 5. This assignment includes searching peer-reviewed journal articles for research on your selected test's psychometrics, which includes evidence of reliability.

For this discussion, describe one journal article's findings on reliability. In your post, synthesize the following data and information and interpret it yourself based on the information you are learning about reliability in this course.

• The specific type of reliability
• The associated source of error it addresses.
• The author's overall interpretation of the results.

You are not required to report the reliability coefficient (statistic) reported in the journal article.

Be sure to include any difficulties you may be experiencing with searching for information in the peer-reviewed journal articles.

Response Guidelines

Respond to the post of at least one other learner.