Question

Discuss the main methods used in clinical assessment. Explain the elements of reliability, validity, and standardization.

Answer 1

Method in Clinical Assessment:

Clinical Assessment is diagnosing and planning treatment for a patient that evaluating someone to figure out what is wrong.The main method of clinical Assessment are given below

CLINICAL INTERVIEW:

A clinical interview is discussion in which psychologist asked specific, open ended Question in order to asess client thought , behaiour , feelings . It is conferred as purposefully conversation.The essence of clinical interview is to get good grasp in which how the patient sees his or her situation and try to get a clear picture what patient thought.

NEUROLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL TEST:

It is included examination of patient brain or physical body try to diagnose psychological issue.Dementia, Alzamier's diseases and other several mental illness are treated through it .Brain scan also doing for identify exact problem.

Elements of REABLITY:

Reablity is measure the consistency of effort obtained by the same individual when re-examined with test on diffrent occasion.

Test-restest Reablity:

The test -- retest reliablity the single from of the test is administered twise on the same sample with a reasonable time gap.

internal consistency Reablity:

internal consistency reablity indicates the homogenity of the test.The most common method of estimating internal consistency reliablity is the split half method in which test is devided into two equal halves.

VALIDITY:

Validity refres to the degree to which a test measure what it claims to measure.

content validity:

content validity is concerned with the relevence of the content of the items, individully and as a whole.

Criterion validity:

criterion related validity is one which is obtained by comparing the test score with score obtained on a criterion available in present or to be available in future.

Construct VALIDITY:

in construct validity is non observable trait such as Intelligence

STANDARDIZATION:

It is test where administrated and score in cinsistent manner.it allows comparision to be made in regards acheveiment of students , accountablity of teachers . And has the ability to infrom instructions for educators.