PSY 250 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5.2: Discriminant, Content Validity, Face Validity
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Assigning scores to people so that they represent some characteristic of the individuals. A person who is highly intelligent today will be highly intelligent next week. Consistency of people"s responses across items on a multiple item measure. The mean of all possible split-half correlations for a set of items. The extent to which different observers are consistent in their judgments. The extent to which the scores from a measure represent the variable they are meant to. The extent to which a measurement method appears to measure the construct of interest. The extent to which a measure covers the construct of interest. The extent to which people"s scores on a measure are correlated with other variables that one would expect them to be correlated with. Negative relationship between test anxiety and exam scores. The extent to which scores on a measure are not correlated with measure of variables that are conceptually distinct.
