Validity and Validation in Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences:

This book combines an overview of validity theory, trends in validation practices, and a review of standards and guidelines in several international jurisdictions with research synthesis of the validity evidence in different research areas.  An overview of theory is both useful and timely, in view o...

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Weitere Verfasser: Zumbo, Bruno D. (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cham [u.a.] Springer International Publishing 2014
Schriftenreihe:Social Indicators Research Series 54
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Zusammenfassung:This book combines an overview of validity theory, trends in validation practices, and a review of standards and guidelines in several international jurisdictions with research synthesis of the validity evidence in different research areas.  An overview of theory is both useful and timely, in view of the increased use of tests and measures for decision-making, ranking, and policy purposes in large-scale testing, assessment, and social indicators and quality of life research. Research synthesis is needed to help us assemble, critically appraise, and integrate the overwhelming volume of research on validity in different contexts. Rather than examining whether any given measure is "valid", the focus is on a critical appraisal of the kinds of validity evidence reported in the published research literature. The five sources of validity evidence discussed are: content-related, response processes, internal structure, associations with other variables, and consequences.  The 15 syntheses included here, represent a broad sampling of psychosocial, health, medical, and educational research settings, giving us an extensive evidential basis to build upon earlier studies. The book concludes with a meta-synthesis of the 15 syntheses, and a discussion of the current thinking of validation practices by leading experts in the field
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (XV, 327 S.) Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:9783319077949
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-07794-9

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