MID Validity

Validity

Soundness, meaningfulness, or well-grounded on principles or evidence.

Psychological assessment validity

Related to the meaningfulness of a test score.

Judgment of validity

Based on evidence about the appropriateness of inferences drawn from test scores.

Evidence gathering process

Validation.

Who supplies validity evidence?

The test developer.

Local validation studies necessity

Conducted when the test user plans to alter format, instructions, language, or content.

Simplest form of validity

Face validity.

Face validity definition

What a test appears to measure to the person being tested.

High face validity

When a test appears to measure what it purports to measure on the face of it.

Behavior sampling judgment

Content validity.

Content in validity context

Test items.

Detailed definition source

Test blueprint.

Content validity affected by

Culture.

Judgment of test score adequacy

Criterion-related validity.

Evaluation standard for tests

Criterion.

Validity evidence at the same time

Concurrent validity.

Concurrent validity question

Does the test match current performance?

Predictive validity timing

Future time.

Predictive validity question

Does the test predict future outcomes?

Trait existence measurement

Base rate.

Accurate identification proportion

Hit rate.

Failure to identify characteristic proportion

Miss rate.

Base rate of depression example

100,000 out of 1,000,000.

Hit rate of depression scale example

95%.

Miss rate of depression scale example

5%.

False positive definition

Test predicts the presence of a characteristic, but the test-taker does not possess it.

False positive example

Diagnosing someone with depression when they are actually normal.

False negative definition

Test predicts the absence of a characteristic, but the test-taker actually possesses it.

False negative example

Failing to diagnose someone who has depression.

Correlation coefficient meaning

Validity coefficient.

Additional predictor explanation

Incremental validity.

Personality test improvement example

Demonstrates incremental validity.

Judgment about inference appropriateness

Construct validity.

Informed scientific idea

Construct.

Measurement uniformity evidence

Homogeneity.

Predictable score variation evidence

Distinct groups.

High correlation in construct validation

Convergent evidence.

Little relationship evidence

Discriminant evidence.

Discriminant evidence example

New Spirituality scale does not correlate with established religiosity scale.

Factor analysis purpose

Identify factors or specific variables.

Factoring steps

Exploratory factor analysis.

Model fit testing

Confirmatory factor analysis.

Test systematic bias definition

Test bias.

Intentional rating misuse result

Rating error.

Rater leniency tendency

Leniency error.

Harsh or generous rating tendency

Severity error.

Reluctance to provide extreme ratings

Central tendency error.

Rater overall impression effect

Halo effect.

Impartial test usage extent

Test fairness.

Exam information source

Jan Mari B. Mangalili.