Scenario: mary ling works for xyz corporation, llc and they have just merged with abc, inc. mary’s job, supervisor, and work location have not changed, but under the merger the companies are now working under the name abcxyz, inc. what does mary need to do to update this information with university of the cumberlands? this is a new company and new position, mary will need to compelete a new cpt application. nothing has changed, mary does not need to provide any updates. mary will need to send some sort of official documentation regarding the merge or company name change to the dso, so that her record can be updated. mary can call campus and just tell someone. course hero

Reliability and validity reliability and validity are two important considerations that must be made with any type of data collection. reliability refers to the ability to consistently produce a given result. in the context of psychological research, this would mean that any instruments or tools used to collect data do so in consistent, reproducible ways. unfortunately, being consistent in measurement does not necessarily mean that you have measured something correctly. to illustrate this concept, consider a kitchen scale that would be used to measure the weight of cereal that you eat in the morning. if the scale is not properly calibrated, it may consistently under- or overestimate the amount of cereal that’s being measured. while the scale is highly reliable in producing consistent results (e.g., the same amount of cereal poured onto the scale produces the same reading each time), those results are incorrect. this is where validity comes into play. validity refers to the extent to which a given instrument or tool accurately measures what it’s supposed to measure. while any valid measure is by necessity reliable, the reverse is not necessarily true. researchers strive to use instruments that are both highly reliable and valid.