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	順序尺度 nomological validity	構成概念妥当性（Nomological Validity）
分野	心理測定学	心理測定学
系統	Latent structure	Latent structure
提唱年	1955 (concept); ordinal application 1990s–present	1955
提唱者	Cronbach & Meehl (nomological network concept); ordinal extension in modern psychometrics	Lee J. Cronbach & Paul E. Meehl
種類	Validity assessment	Validity evidence framework
原典	Cronbach, L. J., & Meehl, P. E. (1955). Construct validity in psychological tests. Psychological Bulletin, 52(4), 281–302.	Cronbach, L. J., & Meehl, P. E. (1955). Construct validity in psychological tests. Psychological Bulletin, 52(4), 281–302.
別名	nomological validity for ordinal data, ordinal nomological network, construct network validity (ordinal), ordinal criterion-related validity	nomological network validity, construct network validity, nomological web validity
関連	5	6
概要	Ordinal nomological validity examines whether a construct measured with ordinal items (e.g., Likert-type scales) behaves in theoretically predicted ways within a nomological network — a web of expected relationships with other constructs and criteria — using methods suited to ordinal data rather than assuming continuous measurement.	Nomological validity evaluates whether a construct behaves as theory predicts within a broader network of related constructs. It is not a single statistical test but an accumulation of evidence that the measure fits coherently into a web of theoretically grounded relationships — demonstrating that what is measured is what the theory says it should measure.