PSYC35H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Inter-Rater Reliability, Open Data Protocol, Factor Analysis
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Lecture 2: personality assessment, measurement, and research design. Personality is the set of psychological traits and mechanism within the individual that are organized and enduring and that influences his/her interactions with, and adaptations to the environment (including the intrapsychic, physical, and social environment). Di e(cid:396)e(cid:374)tial (cid:373)ethods (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e o(cid:396)ga(cid:374)ized a(cid:272)(cid:272)o(cid:396)di(cid:374)g to the types of the data one can use to study i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual di e(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)es. The acronym lost conveniently summarizes the four major types of individual di e(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)es data: life e(cid:448)e(cid:374)ts, o(cid:271)se(cid:396)(cid:448)e(cid:396) judg(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts, self-reports, and tests, or l-data, o- data, s-data, and t-data. Ca(cid:374) se(cid:396)(cid:448)e as i(cid:373)po(cid:396)ta(cid:374)t sou(cid:396)(cid:272)es of (cid:862)(cid:396)eal life(cid:863) i(cid:374)fo(cid:396)(cid:373)atio(cid:374) a(cid:271)out pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)ality like out(cid:272)o(cid:373)e data, of (cid:449)hat is k(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:374) as (cid:862)(cid:272)(cid:396)ite(cid:396)ia (cid:448)a(cid:396)ia(cid:271)le(cid:863) o(cid:396) used as the p(cid:396)edi(cid:272)to(cid:396) Observer-report data is information provided by someone else about another person. Relying on an observer (good to use multiple observers to see if each observer all come up with the same conclusions, i. e. , inter-rater reliability)
