Discuss issues of reliability and validity associated with the classification and diagnosis of phobic disorders (8 + 16 marks) A phobia is a persistent fear that is excessive or unreasonable which must meet a set of criteria given in the DSM. A clinical diagnosis is made if there is no other possible physiological cause and if the symptoms cannot be better accounted for by another disorder. The individual also recognises their behaviour is unreasonable and the severity of the fear interferes with
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Exploring Reliability and Validity Researchers have constructed instruments in attempt to empirically measure values and culture belief systems of people and societies. In order for one to measure what some may consider subjective meanings; concrete definitions were given to the types of values that were examined in the “Values and Motives Questionnaire” (Values and Motives Questionnaire‚ n.d.‚ p.1). The values examined were categorized as interpersonal‚ extrinsic‚ and intrinsic values (Values and
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Reliability and Validity Ebony Johnson University of Phoenix Reliability has to do with the quality of measurement and is the consistency of repeatability of measures. To define it precisely researchers first have to learn about the foundation of reliability- the true score theory of measurement. Then researchers need to understand the different types of measurement error because they play a key role in degrading reliability. Because reliability can only be estimated there are different types
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Discuss issues surrounding the reliability and validity of classification and diagnosis for Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a psychological disorder which is sometimes referred to as split minds. Sufferers can be known to show symptoms of delusions‚ hallucinations as well as catatonic behaviour. If we are looking at the validity of something it means we are measuring what we are claiming to measure‚ and if we are looking at the reliability of something it means if we repeat the process over
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Reliability and Trust in Mobile Ad-hoc NETworks (MANET) are considerable due to their applicability in different situations such as military‚ emergency applications or health care applications. Indeed‚ due to absence of a fixed infrastructure and a central controller‚ providing trust and reliability still is challenge in these networks. Since energy is limited and distributed in MANETs‚ trust and reliability providing (is different from wired systems and it must be reasonable and compatible with
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PERSONNEL ASSESSMENT SPECIALIST JOB ANALYSIS: INTERPRETATION AND USE REPORT Prepared by the IPMAAC Ad Hoc Committee on Use of the Personnel Assessment Specialist Job Analysis: Donna L. Denning‚ Ph.D.‚ Chair Nancy E. Abra ms‚ Ph.D. Marianne Bays‚ Ph.D. International Personnel Management Association Assessment Council 1995 TABLE OF CONTENTS Personnel Assessment Specialist Job Analysis: Interpretation and Use Report Abstract 2 Introduction and Background Task Analysis Task Inventory Development
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C8057 (Research Methods II): Reliability Analysis Reliability Analysis Measures of Reliability Reliability: the fact that a scale should consistently reflect the construct it is measuring. One way to think of reliability is that other things being equal‚ a person should get the same score on a questionnaire if they complete it at two different points in time (test-retest reliability. Another way to look at reliability is to say that two people who are the same in terms of the construct being
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4.3 Reliability Analysis According to Saunders et al. (2009)‚ reliability test is an indicator of measure for internal consistency and to ensure the quality of the questionnaire. In order to achieve a more accurate questionnaire‚ this study used the Cronbach’s Alpha which is the most popular model to determine the correlation among the items and to assess the internal consistency of a questionnaire (or survey) that is made up of multiple Likert-type scales and items. According to Sekaran and Bougie
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Journal of Reliability and Statistical Studies; ISSN (Print): 0974-8024‚ (Online):2229-5666 Vol. 4‚ Issue 2 (2011): 43-55 RELIABILITY ANALYSIS OF PISTON MANUFACTURING SYSTEM Amit Kumar and Sneh Lata School of Mathematics and Computer Applications Thapar University‚ Patiala-147004‚ India E Mail: amit_rs_iitr@yahoo.com‚ sneh.thaparian@gmail.com Abstract Now days‚ internal combustion engines are used in most of the automobiles and mechanical machineries. The piston is a part without which no internal
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maintenance. As the need for a well-planed‚ effective and safe maintenance has emerged‚ a complex methodology has been designed. It is called Reliability Centred Maintenance. Such methodology is applied to various contexts of maintenance so that there has been a little agreement on what is a real purpose of such approach. Therefore‚ current paper lingers upon the analysis and contextualization of RCM in terms of accumulator battery recycling asset. To be more specific‚ the following paper
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