input: [Date] 11/21/02 and 11/25/02 [Required Submisssions] Letters requesting institutional permission to conduct studies - due 11/25/02 [Topics] 
output: Principles of Measurement in Research Objectives: Upon completion of this session, the student will be able to: Define terms used in assessing measuring tools: errors of measurement, reliability and validity Discuss factors which contribute to errors of measurement Discuss reliability of measuring tool in terms of stability, internal consistency, and equivalence Discuss validity, comparing and contrasting different types of validity Describe the relationship between reliability and validity Recognize the existence of a number of other criteria by which measuring tools can be assessed Required Reading: Burns & Grove (2001), Chapter 13