PSYC 2030 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Criterion Validity, Statistical Conclusion Validity, Concurrent Validity
24 Apr 2012
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Validity and reliability: validity: shows how well the measure does what it purports to do, criterion validity: How well scores on a test correlated with the particular criterion for success used to asses it: construct validity: Insurance tghat we are measuring the concept or contrsuct, in question: content validity: How adequately it has sampled the universe of content it purports to measure: plausible rival hyp: We are sceptical about the internal validity of the studys causal relationship. Degree of relatedness of different forms from same test. Any single item on average: test retest : Degree of temporal stability if a measuring intrsument or test which it is designed to evaluate from one administration to another. Degree to which conceptualization of what is being measured ir experimentally manipulated is what is claimes. Such as the contrsucts that are measure by psych tests or that serve a link b. w i. v. and d. v: content validity:
