Internet-based questionnaire assessment: Appropriate use in clinical contexts.
Internet-based questionnaire assessment: Appropriate use in clinical contexts.
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DOI:
10.1080/16506070310000957
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发表时间:
2003-01-01
影响因子:
4.7
通讯作者:
Buchanan, Tom
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作者:
Buchanan, Tom
Use of internet-mediated questionnaire assessment is growing in behavioural telehealth provision. Literature on web-based psychological testing indicates that - while tests used online should be validated for online use - such measures can be reliable and valid. However, use of normative data (especially data from paper-and-pencil samples) presents problems. Studies have shown score distributions may differ across testing media, even when comparisons are made between equivalent samples. Data from 3 different projects illustrate such (substantive) differences, and the errors that would result from using established norms to interpret internet-mediated assessments. Given representativeness issues with "internet norms", it is recommended that if online tests are used for clinical purposes, this should currently be done in a manner that does not rely on normative data.