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Psychological Testing and Assessment Book Cover
Psychological Testing and Assessment: An Introduction To Tests and Measurement, 5/e
Ronald Jay Cohen
Mark Swerdlik

Validity

Chapter Outline


The Concept of Validity

Face Validity

Content Validity

The Quantification of Content Validity

Culture and the Relativity of Test Validity

Criterion-Related Validity

What Is a Criterion?

Characteristics of a criterion

Concurrent Validity

Predictive Validity

The validity coefficient

Incremental validity

Expectancy data

Decision theory and test utility

Construct Validity

Evidence of Construct Validity

Evidence of homogeneity

Evidence of changes with age

Evidence of pretest/post-test changes

Evidence from distinct groups

Convergent evidence

Discriminant evidence

Factor analysis

Validity, Bias, and Fairness

Test Bias

Test Fairness

Rating Error

CLOSE-UP

Base Rates and Predictive Validity

EVERYDAY PSYCHOMETRICS

Adjustment of Test Scores by Group Membership: Fairness in Testing or Foul Play?

SELF-ASSESSMENT