Construct Validity Quiz
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What is construct validity?

  • The appropriateness of inferences made on the basis of observations or measurements (correct)
  • The concern of validity research subsuming all other types of validity evidence
  • The deliberate creation of abstractions by researchers to conceptualize latent variables
  • The accumulation of evidence to support the interpretation of what a measure reflects
  • What does construct validity examine?

  • The accumulation of evidence to support the interpretation of what a measure reflects
  • The appropriateness of inferences made on the basis of observations or measurements
  • Whether a measure behaves like the theory says a measure of that construct should behave (correct)
  • The deliberate creation of abstractions by researchers to conceptualize latent variables
  • Who has pushed for a unified view of construct validity?

  • Samuel Messick (correct)
  • Ivan Pavlov
  • B.F. Skinner
  • Sigmund Freud
  • In which fields is construct validity particularly important?

    <p>Social sciences, psychology, psychometrics, and language studies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does modern validity theory define as the overarching concern of validity research?

    <p>Construct validity</p> Signup and view all the answers

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