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1. Reliability
2. THREATS TO RELIABILITY 1. The participant
Subject fatigue – multiple tasks may result in fatigue and unreliable results
Subject motivation – interest and moods with respect to the study or test may vary
3. The testing
lack of clarity or completeness of directions
How rigid the instructions are followed
4. The scoring
Competence of scorer
5. 4. The instrumentation
Lack of calibration
Electronic problems
6. Which do these affect? multiple tests
intelligence levels
ego biased
Surveys
Males vs. females
7. Inter-rater reliability/objectivity – the degree that different testers can receive the same answers
Intra-rater reliability-
8. Halo Effect Commonly observed tendency
The rater allows previous impressions to affect their observations
9. Can it be reliable but not valid?
Can it be valid but not reliable?