Construct validity refers to the extent to which the independent and dependent variables in a study really represent the abstract hypothetical variables of interest.
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These measures include high test-retest reliability, inter and intra-judge reliability, face and content validity, and construct validity.
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The first is test validity ( or Construct validity ), the degree to which a test measures what it was designed to measure.
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The construct validity can be measured by the degree to which the developers assessment data agrees with the actual performance of managers at work.
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The 22-item scale was originally developed to have a much more narrow construct validity when it came to predicting sensory deprivation responses.
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Campbell and Fiske ( 1959 ) developed the Multitrait-Multimethod Matrix to assess the construct validity of a set of measures in a study.
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Construct Validity is where test and retest trials using other instruments are conducted to confirm that PPA is saying similar things about the same people.
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As currently understood, construct validity is not distinct from the support for the substantive theory of the construct that the test is designed to measure.
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This updated scale addresses the issues with previous forms of measurement including internal reliability, construct validity, predictive validity, and discriminant validity, and generalizability.
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Interestingly, Safren and colleagues found that the relationship between social interactional anxiety and performance anxiety in their studies, showed high face validity but lacked construct validity.
