Associative validity

Question 1

Convergent evidence

Answer 1

Often comes in the form of correlations among different ways of measuring the same construct (Does the association remain if we use a different test)

Criterion, concurrent and predictive are variety of convergent validity

Question 2

Discriminant evidence

Answer 2

Degree to which test scores are uncorrelated. To what degree are scores actually uncorrelated. does it show the same on the actua;

Question 3

Criterion validity

Answer 3

Degree to which it’s related to particularly important other variable it should correlate with.

There’s a distinction between two
- Concurrent validity; correlations at the same time
- Predictive validity; correlations at future point in time

Question 4

Nomological network

Answer 4

A network of associated constructs, behaviours and properties. the meaning surrounding a construct.

It’s used to know which other scales/measures to examine, and whcih pattern of convergent and discriminant associations to expect.