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Tests & Eval
Validity - Chapters 5-9
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Undergraduate 4
10/30/2012

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Construct Validity 

Definition
  •  Subsumes all types of validity
  •  Determines the appropriateness of inferences about a construct 
  • Hypothesize a pattern of relationships between the test scores and scores on another variable. 
  •  Then, test the hypotheses
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Construct

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a collection of related behaviors that are associated in a meaningful way

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Depression: A Construct

Definition
  •  The construct itself does not have a physical being outside of its indicators.
  • Thus, we infer its existence by observing the collection of related indicators (behaviors). 
  • Emphasis on collection crucial because any one sign may be associated with several constructs.
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