Presented By:

V.Aditya Vikram
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 The Criteria For Good
Measurement
 Forscale evaluation generally
three criteria are applied they
are:-
1. Validity
2. Reliability
3. Sensitivity
 1. Validity
 Validity is the ability of an instrument to
measure what is designed to measure
 It is vital for a test to be valid in order for
the results to be accurately applied and
interpreted
 There are further 3 types of validity:-
1. Content Validity
2. Criterion Validity
3. Construct Validity
 Types of Validity
1. Construct Validity: It is a subjective evaluation of
the scale for its ability to measure what is
supposed to measure

2. Criterion Validity: It involves in the determination

of whether the scale is able to perform up to the
expectation with respect to the criteria

3. Construct Validity: It is the initial concept or

hypothesis that determines which data are to be
generated and how they are to be gathered
 2. Reliability
 A measure is said to be reliable when it
elicits the same response from the
same person when the measuring
instrument is administered to that
person successively in similar or almost
similar circumstances
 Three types of Reliability
1. Test-Retest Reliability
2. Equivalent Forms Reliability
3. Internal Consistency Reliability
 Types of Reliability
1. Test-Retest Reliability: To execute the test-retest
reliability the same questionnaire is administered
to the same respondents to consider personal
and situation fluctuation responses in two time
periods.

2. Equivalent Forms Reliability: When considering

equivalent forms two equivalent forms are
administered to the subjects at two different
times.

3. Internal Consistency Reliability: It is used to

assess the reliability of a summated scale by
which several items are summed to form a total
score.
Example:
 3. Sensitivity
 Sensitivity is the ability of a measuring instrument to
measure the meaningful difference in the responses
obtained from the subjects included in the study,
(also called the true positive rate) measures the
proportion of positives that are correctly identified as
such (e.g. the percentage of sick people who are
correctly identified as having the condition).

 Another dimension added is Specificity i.e. (also

called the true negative rate) measures the
proportion of negatives that are correctly identified as
such (e.g. the percentage of healthy people who are
correctly identified as not having the condition).
Example: