Children Under the Age of 18 Are Not Legally Capable

question 82

True/False

Children under the age of 18 are not legally capable of giving informed consent to participate in research, therefore their parents or guardians must be asked for consent as well.

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Definitions:

Alternate Forms Reliability

The consistency of the results of two tests constructed in the same way from the same content domain, administered to the same participants.

Item-total Correlation

The correlation between scores on individual items and the total score on all items of a test or questionnaire.

Convergent Validity

A measure of the degree to which two different assessments of the same concept are correlated, indicating the validity of the constructs.

Face Validity

The extent to which a test appears to measure what it's supposed to measure, making it seem valid at face value.