Psychometric Foundations and Behavioral AssessmentSAGE Publications, 16 jun 1993 - 161 pagina's The effective integration of traditional psychometric assessment and behavioural assessment, in research as well as in practice, is discussed in this detailed and critical review. The important questions of whether integration can improve the quality of the information collected, strengthen the validity of interpretations and improve reliability are also explored. Systematically examining both literatures, Silva shows how an integration of psychometric principles with behavioural assessment standards can have positive results. Beginning with a review of the origins of behavioural assessment through to current practices, Silva explores the arguments for and against integration. He goes on to discuss the possibility of a norm |
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The Concept of Behavioral Assessment | 1 |
Some Observations on the Idiographic Approach | 34 |
Behavioral Assessment and Normative Interpretation | 44 |
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AERA American Psychological Association Anastasi applied behavior analysis assessment instruments assessors authors Barrios behavior therapy behavioral analysis behavioral approach behavioral assessment Bellack chapter clinical concept of construct concept of validity concern Cone consistency and stability construct validity content validity criteria criterion criterion-oriented validity criterion-referenced criterion-referenced testing Cronbach diagnostic Drenth emphasize empirical evaluation Fernández-Ballesteros focus functional analysis generalizability generalizability theory Gleser Goldfried and Kent Goodenough Guion Hartmann Haynes Hersen hypotheses idea idiographic approach important individual inferences internal validity interpretation ioral assessment Kanfer Lamiell Linehan measurement ment Messick method Mischel NCME Nelson & Hayes Nelson and Hayes nomological network nomothetic normative Nunnally observation personality perspective prediction problems procedures psychological assessment psychometric approach psychometric concept psychometric standards question reference relevant reliability and validity responses sample scientific Silva Staats strategies target behaviors term theoretical theory therapeutic tion traditional treatment utility treatment validity variables Wiggins