Chapter 5

Question 1

judgements of estimate of how well a test measures what it purports to measure in a particular context ; accuracy

Answer 1

validity

Question 2

four types of validity

Answer 2

1. face
2. content
3. criterion-related
4. construct validity

Question 3

what a test appears to measure to the person being tested ; comes from the perspective of examinees

Answer 3

face validity

Question 4

whether the test covers the behavior domain to be measured

Answer 4

content validity

Question 5

of the test items adequately represent the domain of possible items for a variable, then the test has adequate _____

Answer 5

content validity

Question 6

failure to capture important components of a construct

Answer 6

construct underrepresentation

Question 7

happens when scores are influenced by factors irrelevant to the construct

Answer 7

construct-irrelevant variance

Question 8

a judgment of how adequately a test score can be used to infer an individual’s most probable standing on some measure of interest

Answer 8

criterion-related validity