PSY 380 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Major Depressive Disorder, Concurrent Validity, Discriminant Validity
8 Mar 2016
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Does test measure what it claims to measure or is supposed to. Are judgements derived from outcome on test appropriate ad or. Is test accurate representation of the construct measure meaningful. Related to utility/how useful the test is. Relate scores on one test to scores on other meares. Analyze how scores on a test can be understood theoretically. Related to how test taker responds to content. Manipulation is made on part of test developer that has no actual. Can moderate how test taker can figure out" what test is measuring. Do the items seem relevant to the construct being measured? relationship to the accuracy of the test. Used in tests that may have high impression management. In tests with very high face validity. Tells you how adequately a test samples behavior that is. How well individual items are selected will affect and reflect the representative of the construct of interest content validity of a test.
