PSYCO335 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Standard Deviation, Internal Consistency, Concurrent Validity

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO335
• Professor: Jaylene Brinker

Document Summary

Intervention-focused assessment services are assessments conducted in the context of intervention services: pre-treatment assessment findings are used to determine appropriate interventions, and provide a point of comparison for interpreting subsequent assessment findings. In 2002, childs and eyde found that more than two thirds of doctoral programs taught the. Wechsler intelligence scales, the mmpi scales, the rorschach inkblot test, and the thematic. Apperception test: less than two thirds of doctoral programs provided instruction on reliability and validity, and only 20% had a course covering norms. Evidence based assessment: evidence-based assessment is an approach to psychological evaluation that uses research and theory to guide the valuable assessed, the methods and measures used, and the manner in which the assessment process unfolds. In 2008, hunsley and mash developed a rating system for instruments used for specific assessment purposes within specific conditions, that requires the attainment of predetermined psychometric levels in reliability, validity, and norms.