Definitions for "Construct validity"
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Criterion validity, Validity, Criterion-related validity, Face validity, Concurrent validity, Predictive validity, Content validity, Reliability, Convergent validity, Interrater reliability, Internal consistency, Validity coefficient, Reproducibility, Scientific method, Hypotheses, Psychometrics, Hypothesis, Construct , Internal validity, Operational definition, Experiment, Error of measurement, Pretest, Observational techniques, F-test, Criterion, Qualitative, Limit of quantitation, Testing, Hypothesis testing, Qualitative methods, Generalizability, Proficiency testing, Operationalization, Limit of detection, Standardized test, Theory, Scientific hypothesis, Lod, External validity, Trial, Cross validation, Test, Fit test, Bench test, Specificity, Test suite, Detection limit, Scientific theory, Error guessing
Experimental research makes a statement about the psychological significance and quality of measurement regarding a diagnostic test. Usually, comparisons are made with other indicators and methods of measurement (e. g. an investigation is made into the relation between two different intelligence test methods. As both methods measure the same construct, the correlation coefficient between the two should be very large.)
A term used to indicate that the test scores are to be interpreted as indicating the test taker's standing on the psychological construct measured by the test. A construct is a theoretical variable inferred from multiple types of evidence, which may include the interrelations of the test scores with other variables, internal test structure, or observations of response processes, as well as the content of the test. In the current standards, all test scores are viewed as measures of some construct; construct validity is synonymous with validity. The validity argument establishes the claim for the construct validity of a test score interpretation or use. Ibid.
The extent to which scores or ratings on an assessment instrument relate to other variables or behaviours according to some theory or hypothesis.
The extent to which a test or other assessment instrument measures a particular trait.
The measure of how well the test fits the ideas behind the study and the way the topic has been set out. Usually such a test separates 2 groups that are known to be opposite extremes. Content validity – The measure of how fully the whole topic of the study is covered by the test . For a test to have content validity, every piece of the topic should also be part of the test. This is sometimes called “Face validity.
The extent to which a measurement method accurately represents a construct and produces an observation distinct from that produced by a measure of another construct.
Quality of an evaluation method which faithfully reflects the construct, concept or theorised 'object' of evaluation. It must be expressed in sufficiently precise terms so that that observations in the field allow for a reliable and sensitive analysis of the object being observed. For example, if the impact of support for innovation must be estimated by means of a survey of regional SMEs, the notion of innovation must have been defined precisely and in ways which properly represents the concept of innovation so that it can be measured and observed (e.g. number of new products or introduction of new production procedures). BACK
evidence of validity gained by showing the relationship(s) between a theoretical construct and tests that propose to measure the construct.
The extent to which the characteristic to be measured relates to test scores measuring the behavior in situations in which the construct is thought to be an important variable.
Validity that measures how much the "constructed" variable explains behavior on the basis of a theory.
The degree to which a measure correlates with the characteristics one would expect, and so it is probably valid. See Validity.
Seeks an agreement between a theoretical concept and a specific measuring device, such as observation.
Construct validity is the extent to which a test measures the intended psychological trait or attribute.
The construct is a collection of related behaviors that are associated in a meaningful way. A judgemental-empirical approach to testing a previously hypothesized relationship.
evidence that a measure is assessing the construct or variable that was designed to be measured.
The extent to which the measures used in a study measure the variables they were designed to measure and the manipulations in an experiment manipulate the variables they were designed to manipulate.
when analysed by technical experts, the assessment demonstrates that it is assessing the construct it claims to assess. Constructs need to be clearly defined before judgements can be made about an assessment's validity.
(does the measure of a given concept relate to a measure of another theoretically associated concept?)
The extent to which performance on a test fits into a theoretical schema about the attribute the test tries to measure.
Psychometric property of an outcome instrument assessing whether the instrument follows accepted hypotheses (constructs).
Validity showing a relationship between an abstract characteristic and job performance.
The ability of a test or assessment instrument to confirm predictions of the theory underlying some theoretical concept or construct. Confirming results validate both the concept and the assessment instrument simultaneously. See also criterion problem, validity.
In social science and psychometrics, construct validity refers to whether a scale measures the unobservable social construct (such as "fluid intelligence") that it purports to measure. The unobservable idea of a unidimensional easier-to-harder dimension must be "constructed" in the words of human language and graphics.