Reliability and validity

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Across
  1. 6. When the interviewer’s expectations or behavior influence the responses of the interviewee.
  2. 7. The degree to which a test appears effective in terms of its stated aims, at face value.
  3. 8. The extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest.
  4. 9. A method of assessing internal reliability by dividing a test into two parts and comparing the results.
  5. 11. The extent to which a study can rule out or make unlikely alternate explanations of the results.
  6. 12. Questions that suggest a particular answer or contain the information the interviewer is looking to confirm.
  7. 13. The extent to which a test measures what it claims to measure.
  8. 14. The extent to which the results of a study can be generalized to other situations and to other people.
  9. 15. The extent to which a test produces consistent results over time.
Down
  1. 1. The extent to which test results correlate with those of a well-established test measuring the same construct.
  2. 2. The consistency of a research study or measuring test.
  3. 3. The tendency of respondents to answer questions in a manner that will be viewed favorably by others.
  4. 4. A method of assessing external reliability by administering the same test to the same participants on two different occasions.
  5. 5. A set of questions included in a test to detect whether the respondent is being truthful.
  6. 6. Reliability based on the agreement between different interviewers conducting the same interview.
  7. 10. The extent to which a test is consistent within itself.