What is test validity? Define and give examples.
What will be an ideal response?
• In general, when we speak of the validity of a test, we are asking, “Are the inferences I am going to draw from a person’s score on a test appropriate?”
• Test validity is a function of how the scores are used—the inferences that will be made about the meaning of a person’s test scores (or the conclusions that will be drawn from the test scores).
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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a. behaviorism b. psychodynamic theory c. positive psychology d. Gestalt principles of perception
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A. abnormalities in walking or muscle weakness during early stages. B. abnormalities in walking or muscle weakness during late stages. C. memory impairment during the early stages. D. memory impairment during the late stages.