Discuss three or more ethical considerations that relate to choosing a psychological measure.

Description

For this Assignment, you will write a 4-page paper about choosing measures for psychological research. You will also identify and summarize a psychological measure that researchers in your specialization (ABA) use when conducting research.

Be sure to address the following:

Part 1. Discuss the validity and reliability factors researchers should consider when choosing a measure.

• Differentiate between psychological measures with evidence of high validity and reliability versus low validity and reliability.

• Examine test-retest reliability, parallel-forms reliability, and split-half reliability.

• Analyze what it means for scores on a psychological measure to be accurate.

• Examine each of the following forms of validity: face, content, criterion-related, and construct validity.

• Discuss three or more ethical considerations that relate to choosing a psychological measure.

Part 2. Identify and Describe a Psychological Measure

• Describe a psychological measure that researchers use in your specialization area .

Describe the construct it measures.

Describe the format of the measure.

• Examine strengths and limitations of the measure, given the qualitative and quantitative evidence available.

• Explore one way you could use this measure in a research setting.

The Assignment should:

Utilize a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources.

Use correct APA formatting per the current APA Publication Manual (7th Edition).

Demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard English.

Be written in Standard English and be clear, specific, and error-free.

Your paper should include:

Title Page

Main Body of the paper

Reference Page

4 Pages in length

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