Reliability and validity are important factors in determining what measures to use when assessing a client. How would you describe the interrelationship of reliability and validity when determining what measure to use?
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Assignment Content
Complete the Basics of Psychometrics Quiz. (see attached)
Submit your completed quiz.
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Assignment Content
Review the article on the National Institute of Health website. (see attached)
Consider the many changes that have occurred through each edition and revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
Write a 350- to 700-word paper on the history and evolution of the DSM. Include the following:
– Describe how the manual is developed.
– Describe the evolution of the manual in the zeitgeist and/or progress of our growth as a profession.
– Identify the changes in the number of, and types of disorders between each edition and revision.
Include a minimum of 3 sources.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Submit your assignment.
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Textbooks:
Drummond, R.J., Sheperis, C.J., & Jones, K.D. (2016). Assessment procedures for counselors and helping professionals (8th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.
Sommers-Flanagan, J., & Sommers-Flanagan, R. (2016). Clinical interviewing (6th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.