Validity Flashcards
the process of gathering and evaluating evidence about validity.
VALIDATION
What Filipino test users use if they need to alter a format (languages, instruction, translation)
LOCAL VALIDITY STUDIES
TYPES OF VALIDITY
FACE VALIDITY
CONTENT VALIDTY
CRITERION-RELATED VALIDITY
CONSTRUCT VALIDITY
relates more to what a test appears to measure than to what the test actually measures.
FACE VALIDITY
a method of gauging agreement among raters or judges regarding how essential a particular item is (essential, useful but not essential, not necessary)
CONTENT VALIDITY RATIO
the standard against which a test or a test score is evaluated.
CRITERION
an index of the degree to which a test score is related to some criterion measure obtained at the same time.
CONCURRENT VALIDITY
TEST → IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE CRITERION
CONCURRENT VALIDITY
is a judgement about the appropriateness of inferences drawn from test scores regarding individual standing on a variable.
CONSTRUCT VALIDITY
measuring the same construct.
HOMOGENEITY
there should be positive relationships
between 2 scales (ex: depression scale
and hopelessness scale)
CONVERGENCE EVIDENCE
no positive relationship between 2 scales
DISCRIMINATIVE EVIDENCE
FACTOR ANALYSIS
EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS
CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS
finding the sub factor of the factor analysis
EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS
may naka ready ng subgroups/subfactors, determine mo nalang yung main factor.
CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS
factor inherent in a test that systematically prevents accurate, impartial measurement; systematic variation.
TEST BIAS
judgement resulting from the intentional or unintentional misuse of rating scale.
RATING ERROR
numerical or verbal judgement or an attribute along a continuum — rating scale.
RATING
Types of rating error
LENIENCY ERROR
SEVERITY ERROR
CENTRAL TENDENCY ERROR
HALO EFFECT
extent to which a test is used in an impartial, just and equitable way.
TEST FAIRNESS
s a judgement or estimate of how well a test measures what it purports to measure in a particular context
VALIDITY
Judgement concerning how relevant the test items appear to be.
FACE VALIDITY
Presentation or physical appearance of the psychological test.
FACE VALIDITY
Describes a judgement of how adequately a test samples behavior representative of the universe of behavior that the test was designed to sample.
CONTENT VALIDITY