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Degree to which a predictor test correlates with a criterion test
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See validity.
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The means of determining a test's or other assessment tool's validity by comparing test scores against actual job performance.
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The validity of a test that determines how much the results can be used to infer an individual's value on some other, accepted test administered at the same time.
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Concurrent validity is one type of criterion-referenced validity. Test scores are compared with a criterion measure obtained at about the same time, and the coefficient describes their relationship.
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"The extent to which an independent measure of an already measured trait shows similar results to the first/former test. "The extent to which an independent measure of an already measured trait shows similar results to the first/former test.
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This refers to a statistical method for estimating the validity of a test that provides evidence about the extent to which the test classifies examinees correctly. Concurrent validity estimates the relationship between an examinee's known status as either a master or a non-master and that examinee's classification as a master or a non-master as a result of the test.
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Validity measured when an employer tests current employees and correlates the scores with their performance ratings.
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Concurrent validity is a parameter used in sociology, psychology, and other psychometric or behavioral sciences. Concurrent validity is demonstrated where a test correlates well with a measure that has previously been validated. The two measures may be for the same construct, or for different, but presumably related, constructs.
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