Epistemological Dialogue of Validity: Building Validity in Educational and Social Research

Autor/in	Cakir, Mustafa
Titel	Epistemological Dialogue of Validity: Building Validity in Educational and Social Research
Quelle	In: Education, 132 (2012) 3, S.664-674 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1172
Schlagwörter	Validity; Social Sciences; Psychological Testing; Epistemology; Educational Research; Philosophy; Models; Hermeneutics; Correlation; Scores; Construct Validity; Tests; Measurement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gültigkeit; Social science; Sozialwissenschaften; Gesellschaftswissenschaften; Psychological test; psychological tests; Psychological examination; Psychologischer Test; Erkenntnistheorie; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Philosophie; Analogiemodell; Hermeneutik; Korrelation; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Messverfahren
Abstract	The notion of validity in the social sciences is evolving and is influenced by philosophy of science, critiques of objectivity, and epistemological debates. Methodology for validation of the knowledge claims is diverse across different philosophies of science. In other words, definition and the way to establish of validity have evolved as epistemology of science changed. In this paper, I attempt to explain the nature of knowledge, outline the central premises of several philosophies of science (e.g., logical positivism, post positivism, scientific realism, postmodernism, and hermeneutics) and their positions on the issue of validity, provide a history of test validation from the beginning of educational and psychological testing until the present, with emphasize on changes in epistemology of knowledge. The concepts, methods, and processes of validation are central to educational and other social research, it is important to examine each epistemology that lie at the heart of both natural and social science. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10