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Discriminant Validity/Evidence
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Discriminant Validity

Discriminant validity is evidence that a latent construct is empirically distinct from other constructs it should differ from. Originating in Campbell and Fiske's multitrait-multimethod framework (1959), it is a core component of construct validity and a mandatory check in scale development and structural equation modeling.

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Discriminant Validity
Taxonomic method record · latent-structure / psychometrics
  • Campbell, D. T., & Fiske, D. W. (1959). Convergent and discriminant validation by the multitrait-multimethod matrix. Psychological Bulletin, 56(2), 81–105. · DOI 10.1037/h0046016
  • Fornell, C., & Larcker, D. F. (1981). Evaluating structural equation models with unobservable variables and measurement error. Journal of Marketing Research, 18(1), 39–50. · DOI 10.1177/002224378101800104
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Taxonomic bucketConfirmatory factor analysismachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketConstruct Validitymachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketConvergent Validitymachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyEFAmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyMeasurement Invariancemachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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