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Construct Validity
Construct validity is the degree to which a test or scale actually measures the theoretical construct it is intended to measure. Introduced by Cronbach and Meehl in 1955, it is the central validity concern in psychological and educational measurement, evaluated by accumulating multiple lines of empirical and logical evidence rather than by any single statistical test.
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Sources
- Cronbach, L. J. & Meehl, P. E. (1955). Construct validity in psychological tests. Psychological Bulletin, 52(4), 281–302. DOI: 10.1037/h0040957 ↗
- Messick, S. (1989). Validity. In R. L. Linn (Ed.), Educational Measurement (3rd ed., pp. 13–103). American Council on Education / Macmillan. ISBN: 978-0029190609
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Bayesian Construct ValidityBayesian Convergent ValidityBayesian Discriminant ValidityComputerized adaptive test construct validityComputerized Adaptive Test Content ValidityContent ValidityConvergent ValidityDiscriminant ValidityLongitudinal content validityLongitudinal convergent validityLongitudinal Nomological ValidityMulti-group discriminant validityMultilevel Content ValidityMultilevel Convergent ValidityMultilevel nomological validityNomological ValidityOrdinal Discriminant ValidityRobust Content ValidityRobust Discriminant ValidityRobust Nomological ValidityScale developmentShort form construct validityShort form content validityShort form nomological validity