Exam 8: Validity of Measurement: Content and Construct-Oriented Validation Strategies

Determining whether a test provides a valid measure of a specific attribute can best be done by using _________ validity approaches.

The most appropriate method(s) for construct validation is(are) the

If you know much about the boundaries of a domain, but little about the relationship of the domain to other behaviors, you could use a __________ technique.

Content validity can be assessed via

Most experts would agree that

Constructs are

Detailed descriptions of which domain the test developer wishes to measure must be provided to demonstrate

A detailed description of the content domain is

If multiple measures of the same construct yield high correlation coefficients, _________ is demonstrated.

The process of construct explication involves

The foundation for assessing content validity is

Validity established through examination of the test itself is ________ validity.

Content domains are

A test that does not appear to provide a representative sample of the major parts of a content domain will probably be judged as having

The process of providing a detailed description of the relationship between specific behaviors and abstract constructs is referred to as

The _______ the match between expected correlations and actual correlations between test scores and behavior measures, the ______ the evidence of construct Validity.

What is "validated" in a validity study?

Correlations due solely to the use of common measurement techniques are called

When measures of unrelated constructs do not correlate with each other, _________ is demonstrated.

Face validity