Exam 8: How Do We Gather Evidence of Validity Based on a Tests Relation to Constructs

The statistical procedure that researchers use to identify underlying components that may exist in test without first proposing a formal model?

When an underlying theory explains the relation between a predictor and a criterion based on a psychological theory, there is ______.

In 1954, the American Psychological Association (APA) published recommendations that suggested a new method for establishing validity in which the researcher provides evidence that the test measures behavior predicted by a psychological theory. What did the APA call this evidence?

Evidence of construct validity is provided when convergent validity correlations are ______.

When a group of test items all share something in common that accounts for the high correlations among them, we can say they all share a common ______.

When the scores on a test correlate strongly with scores on other tests that measure the same construct, we say the test has ______.

Who defines constructs?

Explain the process of establishing evidence of validity based on a test's relationship with constructs, including the various factors that can provide evidence of that validity.

If test scores correlate with measures of constructs that an underlying theory says are related, then we say the test has ______.

When researchers conduct a factor analysis procedure to see whether the factors they proposed in a test really exist in the test?

Which one of the following does NOT provide evidence of construct validity?

Explain how Campbell and Fiske's Multitrait-Multimethod Matrix (MTMM) provides evidence of construct validity. Give examples and draw a MTMM matrix.

Discuss the roles of confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis in establishing construct validity. Give an example of a study using each type of factor analysis.

What did theorists challenge about using validity evidence based on test content and/or validity evidence based on relationships with criteria to establish test validity?

When test users accept evidence of construct validity, they must also accept what?

When a researcher chooses three constructs that are unrelated in theory and three types of tests such as objective, projective, and a peer rating to measure each of the constructs, she is conducting a ______.

When test scores from a new test correlate with test scores from other tests that measure related constructs, they provide ______.

Which one of the following would be most likely to establish that a test is grounded in psychological theory?

Discuss the concept of a construct and give examples of theoretical constructs.

In 1959, Campbell and Fiske designed a method for collecting evidence of reliability, convergent validity, and discriminant validity in one study. They called it the ______.