A typology of validity: content, face, convergent, discriminant, nomological and predictive validity [PDF]
Journal of Trade SciencePurpose – Research serves to elucidate and tackle real-world issues (e.g. capitalizing opportunities and solving problems). Critical to research is the concept of validity, which gauges the extent to which research is adequate and appropriate in ...
Weng Marc Lim
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Reliability, and Convergent and Discriminant Validity of Gaming Disorder Scales: A Meta-Analysis [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Background: An association between gaming disorder (GD) and the symptoms of common mental disorders is unraveled yet. In this preregistered study, we quantitatively synthesized reliability, convergent and discriminant validity of GD scales to examine ...
Seowon Yoon +7 more
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The uniqueness of subjective ageing: convergent and discriminant validity [PDF]
European Journal of Ageing, 2019 Abstract Although a large body of research has demonstrated the predictive power of subjective ageing for several decisive developmental outcomes, there remains some controversy about whether subjective ageing truly represents a unique construct.
Spuling, Svenja M +4 more
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METHODS FOR TESTING DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY [PDF]
Management & Marketing, 2011 The study presents three methods which can be used to assess discriminant validity for multi-item scales. Q-sorting is presented as a method that can be used in early stages of research, being more exploratory, while the chi-square difference test and ...
Adriana ZAIŢ, Patricea Elena BERTEA
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Predictive Discriminant Validity of the 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale: Incremental Prediction of Emotion Regulation Beyond Psychological Distress [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesSeveral factor analytic investigations question whether the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) discriminates alexithymia from general psychological distress, with some researchers concluding that the difficulty identifying feelings (DIF) subscale
Ardeshir Mortezaei +3 more
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Psychometric properties of an instrument 3: convergent, discriminant, known-groups, and criterion validity [PDF]
Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing, 2021 Before evaluating convergent, discriminant, and known-groups validity, it is suggested to design an instrument that reflects hypothetical relationships or differences with other comparator instruments or groups.
Eun-Hyun Lee
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Human resources practices as a mechanism for improving performance within public institutions and state-owned enterprises in Morocco [PDF]
Problems and Perspectives in Management, 2023 In an economic environment marked by rapid change, characterized by factors such as globalization and increasing demands from stakeholders and clients, public institutions and state-owned enterprises have become significant players through their multiple
Abdelilah Jebbari
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SDQ: discriminative validity and diagnostic potential [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2015 The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) was designed to screen for behavioral problems in youths based on cutoff points that favor the instrument's diagnostic sensitivity. The present study aimed to analyze the discriminative validity of the SDQ to identify behavioral difficulties and prosocial resources in school-age children compared with ...
Silva, Thaysa B. F. +2 more
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Development of a patient safety care activity scale for clinical nurses in Korea
Archives of Public Health, 2021 Background The aim of this study was to develop a scale to measure patient safety care activities for clinical nurses and to verify validity and reliability it.
Ya Ki Yang
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 IntroductionThe Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ-5X) has been used frequently to assess leadership in different settings. Despite its popularity, there are many critiques of the MLQ-5X such as its questionable multidimensional structure, lack of
John Chee Keng Wang +5 more
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