Validity and reliability of the Miller Forensic Assessment of Symptoms Test (M-FAST): comment on Veazey, et al. (2005)
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1Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Long Beach Healthcare System, California 90822, USA.
Psychological Reports
|March 4, 2006
Abstract:
Confidence intervals are provided for the validity coefficients calculated by Veazey, et al. for the M-FAST. Two coefficients alpha are also presented along with suggestions for different approaches to calculating the M-FAST internal consistency reliability.
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