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tth

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When Dr. Smith diagnoses a patient with schizophrenia and Dr. Jones diagnoses that same patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder, we would say that Dr. Smith and Dr. Jones have
 
  a) low construct validity.
  b) low inter-rater reliability.
  c) low content accuracy.
  d) low criteria.

Question 2

Caleb went to see two different psychologists about his depressive symptoms. One told him that he suffered from major depressive disorder and the other told him that he had bipolar disorder. This is an example of a problem with __________
 
  a) interrater reliability.
  b) content validity.
  c) internal consistency.
  d) construct validity.



blakeserpa

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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

a



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