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“Is the test valid?” Criterion-related Validity
1 Is the test valid? Jum Nunnally (one of the founders of modern psychometrics) claimed this was silly question ! The point wasn t that tests shouldn t be valid but that a test s Validity must be assessed relative the specific construct(s) it is intended to measure the populationfor which it is intended ( , age, level) the applicationfor which it is intended ( , for classifying folks into categories vs. assigning themquantitative values)So, the real question is, Is this test a valid measure of this construct for this population for this application? That question can be answered! Criterion-related Validity 3 classic types a criterion is the actual value you d like to have but can it hasn t happened yet and you can t wait until it does it s happening now, but you can t measure it like you want It happened in the past and you didn t measure it then does test correlate with criterion ?
• postdictive -- least common type of criterion -related validity • can I test you now and get a valid score for something that happened “earlier” -- e.g., adult memories of childhood feelings The advantage of criterion -related validity is that it is a relatively simple statistically based type of validity! • If the test has the ...
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