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Reliability , Validity and Standard Error of Measurement (SEM ) as they Relate to Testing Female Adult with Chronic Depression

Before doing any discussion on the , it seems necessary to understand what it means by reliability and validity in the context of the above . First , `Reliability in the context of psychological testing means the consistency of results , including consistency across time , situation , and evaluator (Flens , J . R Drozd , L . 2005 ,

. 5 Validity on the other hand talks about the accuracy of the test , while the standard Error of Measurement refers to the margin

of error surrounding a test score (Flens Drozd

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Standard Error of Measurement (SEM ) in relation to adult female with chronic depression is used as a determining factor of the potential levels of sensitivity to cognitive change (Carreno , Blanchard Cohen Considering Flens and Drozd 's definition of Standard Error of Measurement , the focus of SEM is to determine the margin of error surrounding a test score . Measurement means result may not be precisely correct and that some result may be expected . It is this potential error that is represented by Standard Error of Measurement

Reliability in this case has to do with the result of test that determines the potential levels of sensitivity of adult women with chronic depression to cognitive change whether it is consistent across time , situation , and evaluator . In other words , reliability has something to do with the confidence level in the decision that had been made based on the test results...