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VCE Stuff => VCE Science => VCE Mathematics/Science/Technology => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE Psychology => Topic started by: lovatic on November 01, 2012, 10:28:52 pm
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I was doing a practice exam and I came across a couple of questions related to inter-rater reliability and I wasn't sure what it was..
The questions were:
a) explain what inter-rater reliability means with reference to the classification of mental disorders.
b) which approach to classifying mental disorders has the highest inter-rater reliability?
If someone could explain these to me, that would be great! :)
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Inter-rater reliability refers to the degree in which different mental health professionals diagnose the same individual with the with the same mental disorder.
The categorical approach has the highest inter-rater reliability .
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Inter-rater reliability refers to the degree in which different mental health professionals diagnose the same individual with the with the same mental disorder.
The categorical approach has the highest inter-rater reliability .
again, thankyou :)
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Inter-rater reliability refers to the degree in which different mental health professionals diagnose the same individual with the with the same mental disorder.
The categorical approach has the highest inter-rater reliability .
again, thankyou :)
No probs.
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Inter-rater reliability refers to the degree in which different mental health professionals diagnose the same individual with the with the same mental disorder.
The categorical approach has the highest inter-rater reliability .
Doesn't dimensional have the highest inter-rater reliability?
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Inter-rater reliability refers to the degree in which different mental health professionals diagnose the same individual with the with the same mental disorder.
The categorical approach has the highest inter-rater reliability .
Doesn't dimensional have the highest inter-rater reliability?
Yeah that's what I thought as well, because there's no standardised system, leading to more inconsistency..
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Yeah, I agree with Felicity
I'm pretty sure the categorical approach has higher inter-rater reliability. If a mental health professional used the dimensional approach, most of the time they'd have to create their own questionnaires or standardised inventories to assess a particular psychological characteristic. If all these mental health professionals have different ways of assessing the same characteristic, there's not going to be a great deal of consistency
With the categorical approach, they're really all using the same diagnostic criteria (which is outlined in the DSM and ICD), so there's going to be a lot more consistency in their diagnoses. Of course, the symptoms for some distinct disorders are going to overlap in a pretty big way (especially personality disorders). But on the whole, diagnosis is going be more consistent than if a dimensional approach were used
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Awkward.. I read it wrong:S
Haha yea, Felicity is 100% correct! I read it as low inter-rater reliability.. MY BAD
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Yeah, I agree with Felicity
I'm pretty sure the categorical approach has higher inter-rater reliability. If a mental health professional used the dimensional approach, most of the time they'd have to create their own questionnaires or standardised inventories to assess a particular psychological characteristic. If all these mental health professionals have different ways of assessing the same characteristic, there's not going to be a great deal of consistency
With the categorical approach, they're really all using the same diagnostic criteria (which is outlined in the DSM and ICD), so there's going to be a lot more consistency in their diagnoses. Of course, the symptoms for some distinct disorders are going to overlap in a pretty big way (especially personality disorders). But on the whole, diagnosis is going be more consistent than if a dimensional approach were used
Exactly this! Mate, why do you only have 2 respect?
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Yeah, I agree with Felicity
I'm pretty sure the categorical approach has higher inter-rater reliability. If a mental health professional used the dimensional approach, most of the time they'd have to create their own questionnaires or standardised inventories to assess a particular psychological characteristic. If all these mental health professionals have different ways of assessing the same characteristic, there's not going to be a great deal of consistency
With the categorical approach, they're really all using the same diagnostic criteria (which is outlined in the DSM and ICD), so there's going to be a lot more consistency in their diagnoses. Of course, the symptoms for some distinct disorders are going to overlap in a pretty big way (especially personality disorders). But on the whole, diagnosis is going be more consistent than if a dimensional approach were used
Exactly this! Mate, why do you only have 2 respect?
Hahaha, I think both of them came from posting jokes as well :P