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Criterion validity, construct validity, and factor analysis: An introductory overview [PDF]
This is the fourth and last article in the series on translation, adaptation, or development of a rating scale and its psychometric testing. The focus of this article is on criterion validity, construct validity, and factor analysis.
PV Indu +5 more
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Scale of Sexual Prejudice Against Bisexuals: Evidence of Validity [PDF]
Sexual prejudice against bisexuals is widespread in society. However, little research has been done on this phenomenon because it is difficult to measure.
Nathália Nicácio de Freitas Nery +4 more
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Is Construct Validation Valid? [PDF]
What makes a measure of well-being valid? The dominant approach today, construct validation, uses psychometrics to ensure that questionnaires behave in accordance with background knowledge. Our first claim is interpretive—construct validation obeys a coherentist logic that seeks to balance diverse sources of evidence about the construct in question ...
Alexandrova, A, Haybron, DM
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Homelessness is a continual problem around the world, leaving many organizations uncertain of how to serve these individuals. Although 60-percent of homeless are being served by faith-based organizations, religiosity and spirituality have been largely ...
Ralph L. Piedmont +2 more
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L2 pragmatics underrepresentation as a washback mechanism in EFL contexts: Linking test-design features to high-stakes test use [PDF]
Considering the status of 'washback' in validity theory and research, Messick warns that, to establish test validity, one should not rely merely on washback, with all its complexity, but should instead probe test design properties (i.e., authenticity and
Azizullah Mirzaei +2 more
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Some implications of an experimental reading comprehension task [PDF]
Standardized reading comprehension tests (RCTs) are indispensable instruments in language abilities assessment. Nevertheless, we do not have such an instrument in Serbian.
Lalović Dejan, Stanković Sanda
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The development and validation of the Penta Helix construct
The concept of Penta Helix or Quintuple Helix have been widely discussed and used as frameworks in many researches in relation of innovation or organizational innovation field.
Kiki Sudiana +3 more
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Purpose: Vestibular impairments have been associated with a variety of cognitive deficits, most notably deficits in visuo-spatial memory. The Neuropsychological Vertigo Inventory (NVI) was developed to measure self-reported cognitive deficits in patients
Gary P. Jacobson +3 more
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Attempting Measurement of Psychological Attributes
Measures of psychological attributes abound in the social sciences as much as measures of physical properties do in the physical sciences. However, there are crucial differences between the scientific underpinning of measurement. While measurement in the
Thomas eSalzberger
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Development and validation of “Caregiver Burden Scale-Indian Population”
Background: Caregiver burden is always a neglected domain, and assessment of burden with available instruments developed in one country is neither reliable nor valid because of different cultural, ethical, religious, and other personal values. This study
Ram Naresh Pandey +2 more
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