Reliability and validity assessment:
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Main Authors: Carmines, Edward G. (Author), Zeller, Richard A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Beverly Hills, Cal. u.a. Sage Publ. 1979
Edition:2. print.
Series:Quantitative applications in the social sciences 17
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Abstract: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.
Physical Description:70 S.
ISBN:0803913710