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Consistency across methods of observativn‐an in‐depth study of the cognitive preference test
Author(s) -
Jungwirth Ehud
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of research in science teaching
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.067
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1098-2736
pISSN - 0022-4308
DOI - 10.1002/tea.3660200602
Subject(s) - construct (python library) , consistency (knowledge bases) , test (biology) , construct validity , psychology , cognition , preference , cognitive psychology , convergence (economics) , mathematics education , social psychology , developmental psychology , psychometrics , computer science , statistics , mathematics , artificial intelligence , paleontology , neuroscience , economics , biology , programming language , economic growth
If the same constructs embedded in different tests result in parallel or identical score patterns and high intercorrelations, this can be taken as evidence of construct validity. If results do not converge across instruments and/or response formats, this can be taken as evidence of lack of construct validity and/or impurity of the test as indicator of the constructs. In this study two response formats as well as a request for reasons‐for‐choices of the traditional Cognitive Preference Test (CPT), and an association (open‐ended) CPT, were used in order to test for consistency across methods of observation on both the individual and the populational levels. Convergence of results was found to be minimal. None of the hypotheses was confirmed. It was concluded that construct validation of CPT constructs had not yet reached the state of unequivocality necessary for their application in curriculum research.