IS RELIABILITY OBSOLETE - ARE SIMPLE GAIN SCORES OBSOLETE - A COMMENTARY

Authors
COLLINS LM
Citation
Lm. Collins, IS RELIABILITY OBSOLETE - ARE SIMPLE GAIN SCORES OBSOLETE - A COMMENTARY, Applied psychological measurement, 20(3), 1996, pp. 289-292
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Psychologym Experimental","Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods
Journal title
Applied psychological measurement → ACNP
ISSN journal
01466216
Volume
20
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
289 - 292
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-6216(1996)20:3<289:IRO-AS>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Williams & Zimmerman (1996) provided much-needed clarification on the reliability of gain scores. This commentary translates these ideas int o recognizable patterns of change that tend to produce reliable or unr eliable gain scores. It also questions the relevance of the traditiona l idea of reliability to the measurement of change.