Validity - Group 1

Validity is best understood as:

• the ability of the test to measure consistency across time and cultures

• the extent to which the test measures what it claims to measure

• the degree to which a test’s measurements are free of errors

So lucky, because I didn't study Unit 3 at all!" This comment is related to ___ validity of the test.

• face validity

• concurrent validity

• content validity

Which of the following is suggested for measuring content validity?

• examine content very closely and be sure it is accurate sample of what you want to test

• correlate items with a similar test given at a different time

• correlate items with a similar test given at the same time

If the results of the test are in accordance with independent standards, it has ___

• construct validity

• content validity

• scoring validity

• criterion related validity

If the results are in accordance with future performance of the candidate, it has ___

• face validity

• concurrent validity

• scoring validity 

• predictive validity

Which of these is the weakest form to test validity?

• Face

• Criterion

• Content

• Construct

Convergent validity is the extent to which the construct is positively correlated with other measures of the same construct.

• True

• False

If the test looks like it is measuring the skills/abilities it is trying to measure, it has ___.

• Content validity

• Construct validity

• Face validity

• Predictive validity

Scoring validity is most closely related to ___ because the scoring criteria should match the skill you are trying to test. 

• Content validity

• Concurrent validity

• Construct Validity

• Face Validity

Suppose you created a new reading comprehension test and you want to test its validity. Therefore you compare the results of your new measure to existing validated measures of reading comprehension and find that your measure compares well with these other measures. We could then say that your new measure has good:

• content validity

• predictive validity

• reliability

• concurrent validity