Appraisal & Assessment

Question 1

types of validity

Answer 1

content, construct, criterion, concurrent

Question 2

construct validity

Answer 2

measures a constructed trait (e.g. happiness)

Question 3

criterion validity (2 kinds)

Answer 3

criterion = another valid rating.
concurrent validity - data collected at same time
predictive validity - future data, degree to which they correlate with test/predictor results

Question 4

2 types of reliability

Answer 4

Internal consistency (test-retest) and equivalence (score identical on another form of same test)

Question 5

Concurrent validity

Answer 5

Use another measure of same/similar construct