Reliability and validity assessment

By Edward G. Carmines

Subjects: Reproducibility of Results, Geldigheid, Statistics & numerical data, Social sciences, Sociometric Techniques, Methods, Statistical methods, Sciences sociales, Social sciences, research, Méthodologie, Empirische Sozialforschung, Méthodes statistiques, Predictive Value of Tests, Social sciences, statistics, Social Sciences, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Statistische betrouwbaarheid, Validität, Methodology, Reliabilität

Description: The authors present an elementary and exceptionally lucid introduction to issues in measurement theory. They define and discuss validity and reliability; proceed to a discussion of three basic types of validity, including criterion, content, and construct validity; present an introductory discussion of classical test theory, with an emphasis on parallel measures; and present a clear discussion of four methods of reliability estimation, including the test-retest, alternative form, split-half, and internal consistency methods of reliability assessment. The text is concluded with a discussion of the use of reliability assessment for purposes of correcting bivariate correlations for attenuation due to random measurement error.