Ethical Implications of Validity-vs.-Reliability Trade-Offs in Educational Research

Autor/in	Fendler, Lynn
Titel	Ethical Implications of Validity-vs.-Reliability Trade-Offs in Educational Research
Quelle	In: Ethics and Education, 11 (2016) 2, S.214-229 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1744-9642
DOI	10.1080/17449642.2016.1179837
Schlagwörter	Educational Research; Ethics; Test Validity; Test Reliability; Evaluation Research; Educational History; Social Science Research; Social Justice; Sampling; Stereotypes; Humanization; Prediction; Trend Analysis; Research Problems + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Ethik; Testvalidität; Testreliabilität; Evaluationsforschung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Social scientific research; Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Klischee; Humanisierung; Vorhersage; Trendanalyse; Forschungskritik
Abstract	In educational research that calls itself empirical, the relationship between validity and reliability is that of trade-off: the stronger the bases for validity, the weaker the bases for reliability (and vice versa). Validity and reliability are widely regarded as basic criteria for evaluating research; however, there are ethical implications of the trade-off between the two. The paper traces a brief history of the concepts, and then describes four ethical issues associated with the validity-reliability trade-off in educational research: bootstrapping, stereotyping, dehumanization, and determinism. The article closes by describing emerging trends in social science research that have the potential to displace the validity-reliability trade-off as a central concern for the evaluation of educational research: the introduction of translational sciences, a shift from significance to replicability, a move from inference to Big Data, and the increasing importance of consequential validity. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01