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Consequential validity: Right Concern‐Wrong Concept
Author(s) -
Popham W. James
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
educational measurement: issues and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.158
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1745-3992
pISSN - 0731-1745
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-3992.1997.tb00586.x
Subject(s) - meaning (existential) , psychology , external validity , facet (psychology) , construct validity , test validity , test (biology) , social psychology , content validity , internal validity , incremental validity , validity , criterion validity , face validity , epistemology , cognitive psychology , psychometrics , developmental psychology , mathematics , philosophy , statistics , psychotherapist , personality , paleontology , biology , big five personality traits
Why is the I985 view of validity in the Standards clear and useful? Does the issue of social consequences confuse the meaning o f validity? Can we address test use consequences without making them a facet of validity?