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Standardsetting Outcomes Michael Kane Educational Testing Service Oslo September 2015 Unpublished Work Copyright 2013 by Educational Testing Service All Rights Reserved These materials are an unpublished proprietary work of . Validity ValidityfisfarguablyfthefmostfimportantfcriteriafforfthefqualityfoffaftesttffTheftermfvalidity refersftofwhetherforfnotftheftestfmeasuresfwhatfitfclaimsftofmeasuretffOnfaftestfwithfhigh validityfthefitemsfwillfbefcloselyflinkedftoftheftestm Is the Test Appropriate, Useful, and Meaningful?. Properties of Validity. Does the test measure what it purports to measure?. Validity is a property of inferences that can be made.. Validity should be established over multiple inferences.. Reliability gets more attention:. Easier to understand. Easier to measure. More formulas (like stats!). Base for validity. Need for validity. Does test measure what it claims?. Can test be used to make decisions?. A Cheat Sheet. Power Point. What does it mean. Validity . – Depends on the . PURPOSE. . (reaching a conclusion). Must . be . inferred. from evidence. What . you learn from it . Reliability. – The . A Practical Approach. to Faith-Related Psychological Problems. David Christian, Ph.D.. Licensed Psychologist. Logan, Utah. Self-Introduction. Born/raised in the church. Multi-generational Mormon.. Served a Spanish-speaking mission in Sydney, Australia. . Validity . Is the translation from concept to . operationalization. accurately representing the underlying concept. . Does your variables measure what you think in abstract concepts.. This is more familiarly called Construct Validity.. Latvian experience. Inga . Fārte-Zālīte. Head, STANAG . 6001 Testing Team . NAF Language School, Latvia. Brno, . Sept 2016. Background. C. onsequential validity. and what it implies. Guidelines for determining whether . David Oglesby. Partner Language Training Center Europe. What is Validity?. Merriam-Webster: (the quality of being) . well-grounded. (OE) or . justifiable. . (AF. ); at once . relevant. (ML) and . Jill Hoxmeier. H615: Advanced Research Design. October 10, 2013. “Boy, a few more like that and I’ll be ready for Gamblers Anonymous”. Twin Problems of Construct Validity. Construct Validity: . Measuring Caring in Nursing. Validity: Defined. Extent to which instrument reflects abstract construct being examined; measures what it is supposed to measure. Domain or Universe of Construct. Concept analysis. Ottusch. . H615. October 11, 2013. What is external validity?. “Concerns inferences about the extent to which a causal relationship holds over variations in persons, settings, treatments, and outcomes.” (p. 83). Some types of validity. Criterion-related . Content. Construct. All part of . unitarian. view of validity. Constructs - theoretical abstractions aimed at organizing and making sense of our environment; they are. Diagnosis. Diagnosis within abnormal psychology means identifying and classifying abnormal behavior on the basis of . symptoms. , . the . patients’ self-reports, . observations. , . clinical tests . Instrumentation: Validity Measuring Caring in Nursing Validity: Defined Extent to which instrument reflects abstract construct being examined; measures what it is supposed to measure Domain or Universe of Construct