Key Takeaways
- In a 2018 meta-analysis of personality inventories, average test-retest reliability for Big Five traits over 1-month intervals was r=0.82 (95% CI: 0.79-0.85, k=45 studies)
- Beck Depression Inventory showed test-retest reliability of r=0.93 over 1 week in 200 psychiatric outpatients (SD=12.4)
- MMPI-2 clinical scales had test-retest correlations ranging from 0.67 to 0.92 over 1 week (mean r=0.79, N=486)
- Cronbach's alpha for Beck Anxiety Inventory was 0.92 in 1,000 general population sample
- Big Five Inventory (BFI) subscales had alpha coefficients from 0.79 to 0.87 (N=1,810 undergraduates)
- PHQ-9 depression screener alpha=0.89 (N=6,000 primary care patients)
- Kappa for interrater reliability on SCID-I diagnoses was 0.78 (95% CI 0.68-0.88, N=562)
- HAM-D rater agreement ICC=0.89 for total score (N=120 patients, 2 raters)
- ADOS-2 autism module 1 interrater ICC=0.88 (N=438 children)
- Concurrent validity between BDI-II and HRSD was r=0.72 (N=135 depressed patients)
- PHQ-9 vs. SCID diagnosis sensitivity 88%, specificity 88% (N=580)
- AUDIT alcohol screen vs. DSM-IV AUD correlation r=0.81 (N=7,000)
- Exploratory factor analysis of SCL-90 confirmed 9-factor structure explaining 58% variance (N=1,018)
- NEO-FFI Big Five factors CFA fit CFI=0.92, RMSEA=0.06 (N=1,500)
- BDI-II hierarchical model 2nd-order depression factor CFI=0.95 (N=360)
Common psychological tests show strong but varying reliability and validity across different measures.
Construct Validity
Construct Validity Interpretation
Criterion Validity
Criterion Validity Interpretation
Internal Consistency
Internal Consistency Interpretation
Interrater Reliability
Interrater Reliability Interpretation
Test-Retest Reliability
Test-Retest Reliability Interpretation
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