PSC 41 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Inter-Rater Reliability, Hawthorne Effect, Construct Validity

• School: UC-Davis
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSC 41
• Professor: Cross, Victoria

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Can be naturalistic (in a natural setting) Observers may see what they expect to see. Clearly define the behaviors and use a simple checklist. Participants will be reactive - that is, they will act differently when they know they are being observed. Excellent to start to explore a topic. You must already know all (or most) of the possible answers. Answer choices should be exhaustive (don"t skip groups and account for all the possibilities) Answer choices should be mutually exclusive (not overlapping) Forced-alternative by forcing a choice, participants can not fence sit" (always choose the neutral option) Give a graduated range of response choices with. How much do you agree with the following statement: Colleges need to spend more time on students" emotional and physical development. Response sets are mental shortcuts that influence the way people answer. On scale of 5 most answer between 2-4. Still has access to the info - ask about recent behavior.