For your major project in this course, you will be writing a 20 page paper on one of the following categorie of psychological testing: Forensic Assessment

In your major paper, you will complete a literature review that includes at least ten peer-reviewed articles related to the following issues.  At least eight of the sources must be empirical research articles.

Address the following issues for each category of psychological testing:
    History of assessment related to your topic
    Reliability and validity of the most frequently used assessment instruments
    Validation of assessment instruments in multicultural settings and special populations
    Typical settings in which assessment instruments are used
    Typical purposes for which assessment instruments are used

For your major project in this course, you will be writing a 20 page paper on one of the following categorie of psychological testing: Forensic Assessment

In your major paper, you will complete a literature review that includes at least ten peer-reviewed articles related to the following issues.  At least eight of the sources must be empirical research articles.

Address the following issues for each category of psychological testing:
    History of assessment related to your topic
    Reliability and validity of the most frequently used assessment instruments
    Validation of assessment instruments in multicultural settings and special populations
    Typical settings in which assessment instruments are used
    Typical purposes for which assessment instruments are used

For your major project in this course, you will be writing a 20 page paper on one of the following categorie of psychological testing: Forensic Assessment

In your major paper, you will complete a literature review that includes at least ten peer-reviewed articles related to the following issues.  At least eight of the sources must be empirical research articles.

Address the following issues for each category of psychological testing:
    History of assessment related to your topic
    Reliability and validity of the most frequently used assessment instruments
    Validation of assessment instruments in multicultural settings and special populations
    Typical settings in which assessment instruments are used
    Typical purposes for which assessment instruments are used

:  For this project, you will be critiquing the following original empirical research article that reports the results of testing validity and reliability of a research instrument in a special population.
Iacono, T., West, D., Bloomberg, K., & Johnson, H. (2009).
  Reliability and validity of the revised Triple C: Checklist of Communicative Competencies
    for adults with severe and multiple disabilities.  Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 53(1), 44-53.

In addition to explaining the study design and results, use the information from the textbook as well as the article to explain each type of validity and reliability that was evaluated in the study.  Be sure to answer the following questions in your critique:
a.    Do you have confidence in the research design (e.g., the number of participants, the inclusion criteria, the methods)?  Why or why not?
b.    Do you have confidence in the researchers analyses of the validity and reliability of the instrument?  Why or why not?
c.    Would you have confidence in the instrument based on the validity and reliability of the instrument as demonstrated in the study?  Why or why not?
d.    Would you have any reservations using the instrument in future research?  Why or why not?
e.    What additional types of validity and reliability, if any, would you want to determine in future research that were not tested in this study?
f.    Discuss the purpose of demonstrating validity and reliability in the population sampled in the study.  Can these results generalize to other populations (ages, gender, abilities) or cultures?

:  For this project, you will be critiquing the following original empirical research article that reports the results of testing validity and reliability of a research instrument in a special population.
Iacono, T., West, D., Bloomberg, K., & Johnson, H. (2009).
  Reliability and validity of the revised Triple C: Checklist of Communicative Competencies
    for adults with severe and multiple disabilities.  Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 53(1), 44-53.

In addition to explaining the study design and results, use the information from the textbook as well as the article to explain each type of validity and reliability that was evaluated in the study.  Be sure to answer the following questions in your critique:
a.    Do you have confidence in the research design (e.g., the number of participants, the inclusion criteria, the methods)?  Why or why not?
b.    Do you have confidence in the researchers analyses of the validity and reliability of the instrument?  Why or why not?
c.    Would you have confidence in the instrument based on the validity and reliability of the instrument as demonstrated in the study?  Why or why not?
d.    Would you have any reservations using the instrument in future research?  Why or why not?
e.    What additional types of validity and reliability, if any, would you want to determine in future research that were not tested in this study?
f.    Discuss the purpose of demonstrating validity and reliability in the population sampled in the study.  Can these results generalize to other populations (ages, gender, abilities) or cultures?

:  For this project, you will be critiquing the following original empirical research article that reports the results of testing validity and reliability of a research instrument in a special population.
Iacono, T., West, D., Bloomberg, K., & Johnson, H. (2009).
  Reliability and validity of the revised Triple C: Checklist of Communicative Competencies
    for adults with severe and multiple disabilities.  Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 53(1), 44-53.

In addition to explaining the study design and results, use the information from the textbook as well as the article to explain each type of validity and reliability that was evaluated in the study.  Be sure to answer the following questions in your critique:
a.    Do you have confidence in the research design (e.g., the number of participants, the inclusion criteria, the methods)?  Why or why not?
b.    Do you have confidence in the researchers analyses of the validity and reliability of the instrument?  Why or why not?
c.    Would you have confidence in the instrument based on the validity and reliability of the instrument as demonstrated in the study?  Why or why not?
d.    Would you have any reservations using the instrument in future research?  Why or why not?
e.    What additional types of validity and reliability, if any, would you want to determine in future research that were not tested in this study?
f.    Discuss the purpose of demonstrating validity and reliability in the population sampled in the study.  Can these results generalize to other populations (ages, gender, abilities) or cultures?

For this project, you will be critiquing an original empirical research article that reports the results of testing reliability of an assessment instrument.
You may choose either of the following articles:
Lauth, B., Magnsson, P., Ferrari, P., & Ptursson, H. (2008)
.  An Icelandic version of the Kiddie-SADS-PL: Translation, cross-cultural
    adaptation and inter-rater reliability.  Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 62, 379-385.
In addition to explaining the study design and results, use the information from the textbook as well as the article to explain each type of reliability that was evaluated in the study.  Be sure to answer the following questions in your critique:
a.    Do you have confidence in the research design (e.g., the number of participants, the inclusion criteria, the methods)?  Why or why not?
b.    Do you have confidence in the researchers analyses of the reliability of the instrument? Why or why not?
c.    Would you have confidence in the instrument based on the reliability of the instrument as demonstrated in the study?  Why or why not?
d.    Would you have any reservations using the instrument in future research?  Why or why not?
e.    What additional types of reliability, if any, would you want to determine in future research that were not tested in this study?
f.    Discuss the purpose of demonstrating reliability in the population and culture sampled in the study.  Can these results generalize to other populations (ages, gender, abilities) or cultures?

For this project, you will be critiquing an original empirical research article that reports the results of testing reliability of an assessment instrument.
You may choose either of the following articles:
Lauth, B., Magnsson, P., Ferrari, P., & Ptursson, H. (2008)
.  An Icelandic version of the Kiddie-SADS-PL: Translation, cross-cultural
    adaptation and inter-rater reliability.  Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 62, 379-385.
In addition to explaining the study design and results, use the information from the textbook as well as the article to explain each type of reliability that was evaluated in the study.  Be sure to answer the following questions in your critique:
a.    Do you have confidence in the research design (e.g., the number of participants, the inclusion criteria, the methods)?  Why or why not?
b.    Do you have confidence in the researchers analyses of the reliability of the instrument? Why or why not?
c.    Would you have confidence in the instrument based on the reliability of the instrument as demonstrated in the study?  Why or why not?
d.    Would you have any reservations using the instrument in future research?  Why or why not?
e.    What additional types of reliability, if any, would you want to determine in future research that were not tested in this study?
f.    Discuss the purpose of demonstrating reliability in the population and culture sampled in the study.  Can these results generalize to other populations (ages, gender, abilities) or cultures?