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CONVERGENT AND DISCRIMINANT VALIDATION OF MEASURES OF PERSONAL NEEDS 1
Author(s) -
POE CHARLES A.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
journal of educational measurement
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.917
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-3984
pISSN - 0022-0655
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-3984.1969.tb00666.x
Subject(s) - discriminant validity , psychology , convergent validity , discriminant , normative , test validity , linear discriminant analysis , psychometrics , preference , statistics , clinical psychology , mathematics , artificial intelligence , computer science , internal consistency , philosophy , epistemology
The criteria of convergent and discriminant validation proposed by Campbell & Fiske (1959) were applied to a multitrait‐multimethod matrix constructed from the intercorrelations of 15 need scales found in the Adjective Check List (ACL), the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS), and a normative modification of the EPPS (N‐EPPS). The evidence, based upon 131 male and female college freshmen, supported the convergent and discriminant validity of the 15 needs when the two forms of the Edwards inventory were compared. When these two instruments were compared with the ACL, the criteria of convergent and discriminant validity were met, but only to a minimal extent.