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V alidity, including subjectivity and objectivity.
Validity refers to how well a researcher is measuring what they intended to measure. Subjectivity means being influenced by personal opinions and feelings, leading to bias. Objectivity means being free from personal opinions and feelings, resulting in an unbiased approach. Candidates are not required to know specific types of validity, such as ecological or temporal validity.
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- Validity refers to how well a researcher is measuring what they intended to measure. Subjectivity means being influenced by personal opinions and feelings, leading to bias. Objectivity means being free from personal opinions and feelings, resulting in an unbiased approach. Candidates are not required to know specific types of validity, such as ecological or temporal validity.
- Applying knowledge of validity to new situations, including strategies for enhancing validity.
- Reliability is defined as the consistency of the methods or measures used to gather data in research. Inter-rater reliability refers to the consistency and agreement among different raters evaluating the same responses. Inter-observer reliability refers to the consistency and agreement among different observers watching the same behaviors. Candidates are not expected to know how to measure inter-rater or inter-observer reliability.
- Applying knowledge of reliability to new situations, including strategies for enhancing reliability.
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