The concept of validity. Revisions, new directions, and applications.

Sonst. Personen	Lissitz, Robert W. (Hrsg.)
Titel	The concept of validity. Revisions, new directions, and applications.
Quelle	Charlotte, NC: Information Age Pub (2009), VI, 263 S.Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	grafische Darstellungen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	1-60752-227-6; 978-1-60752-227-0
Schlagwörter	Datenerhebungstechnik; Empirische Forschung; Korrelation; Operationalisierung; Pretest; Quantitative Forschung; Testkonstruktion; Validität; Psychometrie; Sprachtest; Stichprobe; Testanwendung; Testauswertung; Testtheorie; Schülerleistung; Indikator; Argumentation; Sprachkompetenz; Regression; Variable; Messung; Messverfahren; Öffentlichkeit; Beweis; Bewertung; Interpretation; Leistungsmessung; Modell; Realität; Großbritannien; USA
Abstract	Validity is widely held to be the most important criterion for an assessment. Nevertheless, assessment professionals have disagreed about the meaning of validity almost from the introduction of the term as applied to testing about 100 years ago. Over the years, the best and brightest people in assessment have contributed their thinking to this problem and the fact that they have not agreed is testimony to the complexity and importance of validity. Even today, ways to define validity are being debated in the published literature in the assessment profession. How can such a fundamental concept be so controversial? This book brings focus to diverse perspectives about validity. Its chapter authors were chosen because of their expertise and because they differ from each other in the ways they think about the validity construct. Its introduction and ten chapters bridge both the theoretical and the practical. Contributors include most prominent names in the field of validity and their perspectives are at once cogent and controversial. From these diverse and well-informed discussions, the reader will gain a deep understanding of the core issues in validity along with directions toward possible resolutions. The debate that exists among these authors is a rich one that will stimulate the reader's own understanding and opinion. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2010/3