Chapter 4. Reliability

  1. Ming T. Tsuang2,3,
  2. Mauricio Tohen4,5
  1. Patrick E. Shrout

Published Online: 22 APR 2003

DOI: 10.1002/0471234311.ch4

Book Title

Textbook in Psychiatric Epidemiology, Second Edition

Textbook in Psychiatric Epidemiology, Second Edition

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How to Cite

Shrout, P. E. (2003) Reliability, in Textbook in Psychiatric Epidemiology, Second Edition (eds M. T. Tsuang and M. Tohen), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/0471234311.ch4

Editor Information

  1. 2

    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA

  2. 3

    Pediatric Psychopharmacology Unit, Psychiatry Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA

  3. 4

    Lilly Research Laboratories, Indianapolis, IN, USA

  4. 5

    Department of Psychiatry, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02184, USA

Author Information

  1. Department of Psychology, New York University, New York NY 10003, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 22 APR 2003
  2. Published Print: 23 AUG 2002

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780471409748

Online ISBN: 9780471234319

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Keywords:

  • reliability;
  • reliability coefficient;
  • designs for estimating reliability;
  • effect of population variance;
  • statistical remedies for low reliability;
  • binary judgments;
  • reliability statistics;
  • general

Summary

This chapter examines methods for evaluating reliability of measures used in psychiatric epidemiology. A review of the classic psychometric theory of reliability and a survey of the methods used to study reliability (both for measures of psychopathology and epidemiological risk), are included. A set of numerical examples that illustrate the most important measures is followed by references to some recent methodological work.

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