BESC1433 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Concurrent Validity, Convergent Validity, Face Validity
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Validity: discuss with person next to you what you understand by the term validity. The validity of a test refers to the extent to which a test measures what it is supposed to measure . Three main types of validity ccc: content. Does the exam result represent my expected knowledge of psychology: criterion-related, predictive, concurrent validity, construct, discriminant, convergent validity. Face validity: not really examinable, content of items on a test might put you off that test. Content validity: degree to which content (items) represents behaviours/characteristics associated with that trait, there"s not real test. We basically look at the items and compare it to the construct: e. g. , stai - anxiety. Worrying thoughts go through my mind : we could go to experts who deal with people who suffer with anxiety and get them to give us descriptors of anxiety, core issues, procedures. Appropriateness of test questions and domain relevance. Communication of validation procedures in test manual: applications.
