Pschology

Assignment | Unit 2
Psychological assessment is an imperfect endeavor. However, we strive toward the assessment being good enough to be useful. Sometimes examiners have to make decisions about what type of error is acceptable. 
Using the website http://buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.jsp, select a psychological assessment instrument in your ( BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS ) preferrably Autism  (field of interest)  that measures a particular variable you feel is useful to assess. Note: Do not purchase a review of any test. You will use the Buros website to look up the name and brief description of a test and then conduct further research on your own about this test. 
Briefly define and discuss hits, misses, false positive errors, and false negative errors. Using your selected instrument and considering your area of interest, discuss each of these four issues as they might apply to interpreting and validly using the instrument you have chosen. The assignment should:
1) Follow assignment directions (review grading rubric for best results).
2) Use correct APA formatting per the APA Publication Manual, 6th Edition.
3) Demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard American English.
4) Be written in Standard American English and be clear, specific, and error-free. If needed, be sure to use the Kaplan University Writing Center for help.
5) Be a minimum of 5 pages (not including Title Page and Reference List).
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Unit 2 Assignment Rubric
 	% - Points	Points
Earned
Course Content	 	 
Student synthesizes and addresses the following:
(1) Student is able to select an appropriate and relevant psychological assessment instrument
(2) Student is able to accurately define “hits”, “misses”, “false positive errors”, and “false negative errors”
(3) Student is able to clearly discuss how each of these four issues might apply to interpreting the construct measured by the psychological assessment instrument that was chosen
(4) Student is able to clearly discuss how each of the four issues above have relevance to evaluating the validity of the psychological assessment instrument chosen
Uses appropriate references to course material.
 	0 - 70	 
 Student clearly synthesizes ideas from the readings, and discusses how correct and incorrect decisions occur when interpreting a psychological assessment instrument	0 - 50	 
Writing 	 	 
Style and Mechanics: Clear and logical
organization; paragraphs and sentences are well
developed. Uses correct grammar, spelling, and
punctuation. Meets length requirements. 	0 - 15	 
APA Style: Formatted correctly using APA style.
Provides references to support conclusions.
Paraphrased correctly and accurately; direct
quotes used minimally.	0 - 15	 
Total 	150	 
 
 http://buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.jsp
Cohen, J. R. & Swerdlik, E. M., Sturman, E. (2013). Psychological testing and assessment: An introduction to tests and measurements. (8th ed.). New York: McGraw Hill