Reliability for the social sciences : theory and applications /: theory and applications. (1994)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ross E. Traub.
• Other Names: Traub, Ross E
• Contents: 1. Introduction. A Word About Measurement. Overview -- 2. A Brief Statistical Interlude. Variable. Random Variable. Expected Value of a Random Variable. The Variance of a Random Variable. The Covariance of Two Random Variables. The Coefficient of Correlation Between Two Random Variables -- 3. The Basic Theory. The Repeated Measurement Experiment. Measuring More Than One Person. Further Consideration of True-Score and Error Variances -- 4. Reliability. Reliability Coefficient. Uses of the Reliability Coefficient -- 5. Estimating the Reliability Coefficient. Parallel Tests. Reliability as a Correlation Coefficient. Testing the Hypothesis of Parallel Tests -- 6. Experiments and Formulas for Estimating a Reliability Coefficient. Factors to Consider in Conducting Reliability Experiments. Estimating Reliability by Testing More Than Once. Estimating Reliability by Testing Only Once -- 7. Factors Affecting the Reliability Coefficient. Time Limits. Test Length. Item Characteristics. Quality of the Scoring of Subjectively Scored Items. Heterogeneity of the Population of Examinees -- 8. Estimating the Standard Error of Measurement. Review and Comments. Some Theory for the SEM. A Practical but Flawed Approach. A Better Approach -- 9. Special Topics Involving Reliability. Reliability of Difference Scores. Reliability Theory for Criterion-Referenced Measurements -- 10. An Evaluation of Classical Reliability Theory.
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 1994
• Extent: 1 online resource (180 pages)
• Subjects: 300/.1/5195; Social sciences -- Statistical methods; Social Sciences; Sciences sociales -- Méthodes statistiques; Social sciences -- Statistical methods; Betrouwbaarheid; Statistiek; Forschungsmethode; Sozialstatistik; Sozialwissenschaften; Zuverlässigkeit
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452252643; 1452252645
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