validity, reliability, objectivity

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validity

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when a test is measuring what is intended to be measured

Question 2

content validity

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Is the test fully representative of what it aims to measure?

Question 3

face or logical validity

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Does the content of the test appear to be suitable to its aims?

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criterion related validity

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involves a new test or measurement and examining its relationship to other variables or tests

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concurrent validity

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the amount of agreement between two different assessments

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types of concurrent validity

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• subjective rating validity
• previously validated test validity

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predictive validity

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involves correctly predicted criterion variables from the new test

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types of predictive validity

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• predicting present performance
• predicting future performance

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convergent validity

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how closely the new scale is related to other variables and other measures of the same construct

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discriminant validity

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whether constructs that theoretically should not be related to each other are, in fact, unrelated

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reliability

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consistency of test itseld

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different types of reliability

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Consistency of internal stability
Consistency of stability over time
Consistency of stability of equivalency

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alpha reliability

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a measure of internal consistency, that is, how closely related a set of items are as a group.

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test re test reliability

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a measure of reliability obtained by administering the same test twice over a period of time to a group of individuals

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parallel forms reliability

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a measure of reliability obtained by administering different versions of an assessment tool (both versions must contain items that probe the same construct, skill, knowledge base, etc.) to the same group of individuals.

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intra rater objectivity

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assesses the variation of one individual’s use of scoring criteria on two separate occasions.

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inter rater objectivity

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measures the different raters’ judgments of the same performance

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internal validity

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is defined as the degree to which the research findings and conclusions are related to the research design and methodology.

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external validity

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is defined as the generalizability of the research findings.

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threats to internal validity

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Selection Bias
Maturation
History
Testing Effect
Instrumentation
Experiment Mortality