Developing a Strong Program of Construct Validation: A Test Anxiety Example

Benson, Jeri

doi:10.1111/j.1745-3992.1998.tb00616.x

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“…Current standards hold that a strong validation program is one that builds and weighs evidence about each of the inferences that lead to a final decision. 24,25 Validating individual inferences within the decision system (1) increases the probability that the ultimate outcome of the decision-making system will be accurate, defensible, and explainable, (2) allows the isolation of different decision-making components for systematic development of the entire system, and (3) builds on existing theory and empirically based knowledge, thereby enhancing our understanding of the viability of the decision system.…”

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Assessment of Community Functioning in People With Schizophrenia and Other Severe Mental Illnesses: A White Paper Based on an NIMH-Sponsored Workshop

Bellack

Green

Cook

et al. 2007

Schizophrenia Bulletin

202

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People with schizophrenia frequently have significant problems in community functioning. Progress in developing effective interventions to ameliorate these problems has been slowed by the absence of reliable and valid measures that are suitable for use in clinical trials. The National Institute of Mental Health convened a workgroup in September 2005 to examine this issue and make recommendations to the field that would foster research in this area. This article reports on issues raised at the meeting. Many instruments have been developed to assess community functioning, but overall insufficient attention has been paid to psychometric issues and many instruments are not suitable for use in clinical trials. Consumer self-report, informant report, ratings by clinicians and trained raters, and behavioral assessment all can provide useful and valid information in some circumstances and may be practical for use in clinical trials. However, insufficient attention has been paid to when and how different forms of assessment and sources of information are useful or how to understand inconsistencies. A major limiting factor in development of reliable and valid instruments is failure to develop a suitable model of functioning and its primary mediators and moderators. Several examples that can guide thinking are presented. Finally, the field is limited by the absence of an objective gold standard of community functioning. Hence, outcomes must be evaluated in part by ''clinical significance.'' This criterion is problematic because different observers and constituencies often have different opinions about what types of change are clinically important and how much change is significant.

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Assessment of Community Functioning in People With Schizophrenia and Other Severe Mental Illnesses: A White Paper Based on an NIMH-Sponsored Workshop

Bellack

Green

Cook

et al. 2007

Schizophrenia Bulletin

202

167

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“…Content validity that entails the ability of a tool to collect the required data for the analytical techniques to be used. 24 Validity was ensured by using close ended questions which avoided irrelevant answers. To ensure internal validity of the questionnaire, the researcher gave the draft questionnaire to the supervisors for review and recommendations made were included in the final questionnaire.…”

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Estimation of relationship between eating habits and body mass index of students in Mount Kenya University, Rwanda

Waweru

Marete

2016

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Eating habits are a major concern among university students especially due to the transition from home environment where parents determine what to be eaten, to new environments where they or their peers choose the diet. Eating habits are considered determinants of health conditions and has been linked to death from Noncommunicable diseases. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in school of Health Sciences at Mount Kenya University. A total of 630 students from entire school of health science constituted the target population for the study. Sample size of 245 students was established. Stratified sampling technique was used to select students from department of Medical laboratory science, Nursing, Pharmacy and Public health who formed sample size for the study. Close-ended questionnaire was used as a tool for data collection. Results: The study found that majority of students had normal weight (65%) but there is a fairly high occurrence of overweight (20%) among the students. Further, female students skipped the three main meals i.e. breakfast, lunch and supper more frequently than male students. In addition, this study found that, the P-values of the chi-square test were greater than 0.05 hence there was not conclusive evidence of a statistical significant relationship between frequency of taking breakfast (P = 0.070), lunch (P = 0.167), or supper (P = 0.217) and body mass index of the students. Further the study found that food availability (61%), friends (6%), cost (1%) and accessibility of food (32%) were the factors that influenced students eating behaviors. The finding showed no statistical relationship between eating home cooked food (P = 0.114), eating self-cooked food (P = 0.056), frequency of taking sweet beverages per week (P = 0.567). However there was statistically significant relationship between frequency of taking fast food per week (P = 0.000), frequency of consuming snacks per week (P = 0.001), frequency of consuming vegetables per week (P = 0.000), frequency of consuming fruits per week (P = 0.033), frequency of consuming deep fried food per week (P = 0.026), frequency of consuming chicken per week (P = 0.008) and body mass index of the students. Additionally the study found out that students considered either the cost of food 29%, availability of food for purchase, 22%, favorite meals 15% or balanced diet when making food choices. A significant relationship between meals planning and BMI (P = 0.000) was realized as well as between living arrangement of the students and body mass index (P = 0.000). Conclusions:The study concluded that the frequency of taking breakfast, lunch and supper has no relationship with body mass index of the students. However, frequency of taking fast food, frequency of consuming snacks, frequency of consuming vegetables, frequency of consuming fruits, frequency of consuming deep fried food and frequency of consuming chicken per week is statistically related to body mass index of students. The study also concluded that meal planning and l...

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“…기존에 타당도를 내용타당 도, 구인타당도, 준거관련 타당도로 구분했던 삼분법적 접근과 [10] 달리 최근에는 내용타당도와 준거관련 타당도를 구인타당도에 포 함시켜 단일 개념으로 이해하는 경향이 강하다 [11]. 이러한 변화는 …”

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A Validation Study of the Modified Korean Version of Ethical Leadership at Work Questionnaire (K-ELW)

Kim

Park

2015

J Korean Acad Nurs

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Developing a Strong Program of Construct Validation: A Test Anxiety Example

Abstract: What would a strong program of construct validation look like for the concept of test anxiety? What are the components of strong validation programs? In particular, how does structural equation modeling fit into such a program?

Cited by 245 publications

References 25 publications

Assessment of Community Functioning in People With Schizophrenia and Other Severe Mental Illnesses: A White Paper Based on an NIMH-Sponsored Workshop

Assessment of Community Functioning in People With Schizophrenia and Other Severe Mental Illnesses: A White Paper Based on an NIMH-Sponsored Workshop

Estimation of relationship between eating habits and body mass index of students in Mount Kenya University, Rwanda

A Validation Study of the Modified Korean Version of Ethical Leadership at Work Questionnaire (K-ELW)

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