Assessing test-retest reliability of psychological measures: persistent methodological problems

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dc.cclicenceCC-BY-NC-NDen
dc.contributor.authorAldridge, V. K.en
dc.contributor.authorDovey, T. M.en
dc.contributor.authorWade, A.en
dc.date.acceptance2017-05-29en
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-29T15:41:52Z
dc.date.available2017-11-29T15:41:52Z
dc.date.issued2017-11-29
dc.descriptionThe file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final version can be found by following the DOI link.en
dc.description.abstractPsychological research and clinical practice rely heavily on psychometric testing for measuring psychological constructs that represent symptoms of psychopathology, individual difference characteristics, or cognitive profiles. Test-retest reliability assessment is crucial in the development of psychometric tools, helping to ensure that measurement variation is due to replicable differences between people regardless of time, target behavior, or user profile. While psychological studies testing the reliability of measurement tools are pervasive in the literature, many still discuss and assess this form of reliability inappropriately with regard to the specified aims of the study or the intended use of the tool. The current paper outlines important factors to consider in test-retest reliability analyses, common errors, and some initial methods for conducting and reporting reliability analyses to avoid such errors. The paper aims to highlight a persistently problematic area in psychological assessment, to illustrate the real-world impact that these problems can have on measurement validity, and to offer relatively simple methods for improving the validity and practical use of reliability statistics.en
dc.funderN/Aen
dc.identifier.citationAldridge, V. K., Dovey, T., M., and Wade, A., (2017) Assessing test-retest reliability of psychological measures: persistent methodological problems. European Psychologist, 22(4), pp. 207-218.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000298
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2086/14953
dc.language.isoenen
dc.peerreviewedYesen
dc.projectidN/Aen
dc.publisherHogrefeen
dc.researchinstituteInstitute for Psychological Scienceen
dc.subjectreliability analysisen
dc.subjecttest-retest reliabilityen
dc.subjectpsychometric testingen
dc.subjectmeasurement reliabilityen
dc.subjectlimits of agreementen
dc.titleAssessing test-retest reliability of psychological measures: persistent methodological problemsen
dc.typeArticleen

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