Collecting Reliable Data in Professional Setting

I will upload information. This professor is very skeptic. Will not give credit if information is not followed. Please number the answers to the questions. Thank you:)
I worked in the nursing home so I do a lot of vitals signs, any vitals equipment is good for the data collection.

Use this activity to check your understa nding of validity and relia bi lity as it relates to research.

Module 4 Discussion 1: Collecting Reliable Data in my Professional Setting                   •

Discussion Topic

Collecting Reliable Data in my Professional Setting  

1. Name and describe one data collection instru ment that is used i n YOUR field . It does not have to be you r current field.

Important NOTE: this discussion is about the observer's relia bility when using the

instrument, NOT the instrument's relia bil ity...see below .

2. How do you, OR would you, assure interobserver relia bility when usi ng this instrum ent? Please describe thoroughly.

3. How do you, OR would you , assure intraobserver relia bility when using this instru ment? Please describe thoroughly.

4. Respond to at least two of your peers' posts 

Note: In spite of the fact that you are selecting a data collection INSTRUMENT for this posting, this concept is about the OBSERVER'S reliability when using this instrument.

For example, as the observer, a Weight Watcher meeti ng leader might use a data collection instrument such as a digital scale. With that in mind, to answer this forum, the observer would indicate how he/she practices interobserver relia bility with all of the  other WW meeting leaders at one location: they all use the same scale, they all allow shoes to come off and pockets to be emptied; they all weigh at the begi nning of the meeting, etc. In other words, the leaders calibrate  how they "observe" the data they are collecting with the data  collection  instru ment.

In contrast, if the observer is the only person that is overseei ng the data collection at a meeting, he/she may describe intraraterreli bility as their standa rd routine of data collection (each and every time} - having everyone stand on the same place on the scale, having everyone empty their pockets, weighing everyone at the begin ning of the meeting. So, to assure that the observer has intraobserver relia bility, he/she standardizes their own methods and to make certain to follow the same methods with everyone that is observed.

This course is about recognizing and using evidence. So, in order to earn full points, you will need to support each of yourr postings with the appropriate evidence.