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| Traditionally, the different ways of accumulating validity evidence have been grouped into 3 different categories: |
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| content, criterion-related, & contruct validities |
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| The validity of a test is typically summed up by... |
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| a continuum ranging from weak to strong |
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| A(n) ... is any outcome measure against which a test is validated. |
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| Correlations between a new test and existing tests are often cited as evidence of ... validity. |
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| In ... validity, test scores are used to estimate outcome measures obtained at a later date. |
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| The higher the..., the more accurate the test is in predicting the criterion. |
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| In decision theory, persons who are predicted to succeed but who fail are know as... |
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| If a test measures a single construct, then its component items (or subtests) likely will be... |
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| The goal in factor analysis is to find a smaller set of dimensions, called ... that can account for the observed array of intercorrelations among individual tests. |
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| Suppose a test developer has hired a panel of experts to determine the suitability of certain test items for the concept being measured. Most likely, the test developer is concerned with ... |
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