chapter four

Question 1

validity

Answer 1

the quality of a test such that is measures what it is supposed to measure

Question 2

content-based validity

Answer 2

the property of a test such that item fairly sample the universe of items that could have been on the test

Question 3

table specification

Answer 3

a list of everything on the test

Question 4

face validity

Answer 4

the items on a test cooer to adequately cover the content

Question 5

criterion based validity

Answer 5

whether a test measures the same construct as some other test that could be given in the future

Question 6

coefficient of determination

Answer 6

a way to interpret the value and strength of correlation coefficients

Question 7

criterion contamination

Answer 7

criteria that is too similar to what your validating

Question 8

construct based validity

Answer 8

the score on a test actually represents the invisible abstract trait that you are trying to measure

Question 9

multitrait multi-method matrix

Answer 9

a method of determining construct based validity that uses multiple traits and multiple methods

Question 10

discrimination validity

Answer 10

criterion validity, test scores do not correlate with tests they shouldn’t