Essays on Biserial

Research tools, tests, scales, and population are indispensable to research studies in social sciences. The choice of an instrument, test, and scale to be used in measuring various characteristics of a given population influences the validity and reliability of the research tools employed. The characteristic of a population being measured in a particular study determines the choice of tools most appropriate for the study. Different tests used in social science studies are related in various ways. Therefore, they are classified based on their relationships. For instance, chi-square, phi, logistic regression, and Cramer’s V are applicable where the independent and dependent ...

Psychology

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Abstract

Identifying and predicting psychopathic traits by analyzing childhood behaviours must be based on sound psychometrics to ensure scientifically reliable results. Statistical analysis using G-Power (computer model for calculations) aids in analyszing the results from surveys and personality assessments which are administered to teens and young adults from communities, colleges, juvenile homes and jails in order to understand how the data from self reported questionnaires can reliable be used to predict psychopathic behavior. The ability to do so would be very helpful for counseling and could possibly help avoid psychopathic behaviors in young people that are self-destructive ...