The need for documenting validation transactions: a qualitative component of the testing validation process

Secolsky, Charles; Wentland, Ellen; Denison, Brian

doi:10.1007/s11135-011-9457-6

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“…Mixing data, notably by ''qualitizing'' quantitative data and by ''quantitizing'' qualitative data, allowed Spillane and his colleagues to tackle the challenges posed by random assignment and treatment integrity. Others have argued in favor of using qualitative methods alongside more traditional quantitative techniques to ''document and understand the context and human interactions associated with item and test development'' (Secolsky, Wentland, & Dennison, 2011, p. 1305.…”

Section: Mixed Methods For Validation Purposesmentioning

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Daigneault

Jacob

2013

Journal of Mixed Methods Research

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Although combining methods is nothing new, more contributions about why and how to mix methods for validation purposes are needed. This article presents a case of validating the inferences drawn from the Participatory Evaluation Measurement Instrument, an instrument that purports to measure stakeholder participation in evaluation. Although the process was intended to be almost exclusively quantitative, one of its components unexpectedly turned into a mixed methods study. This, in turn, spurred on a cycle of instrument revision and further quantitative validation. Whereas the validation evidence is modest and tentative, it suggests that the revised version of the Participatory Evaluation Measurement Instrument offers a better fit with the respondents' opinions regarding the participation level of selected evaluation cases. The article concludes with a brief discussion on the added value of mixed methods for validation purposes.

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Section: Mixed Methods For Validation Purposesmentioning

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Daigneault

Jacob

2013

Journal of Mixed Methods Research

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“…It is hard to define validity for qualitative researchers because most of the qualitative researcher fail to give an acceptable definition of validity or set of criteria like in quantitative research (Rolfe, 2006). For Secolsky et al (2011), validity in qualitative research is related to interpretation of results while for Cho and Trent (2006) a study is said to be valid that accurately represents the reality or is the degree to which researchers' claims about knowledge corresponded. Validity is not a single term but contingent construct and researchers have used quality, rigor and trustworthiness as alternative terms for validity in qualitative research (Golafshani, 2003;Rolfe, 2006).…”

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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LOCAL BODY AND NON-LOCAL BODY GOVERNMENT REGIMES IN PROVISION OF PUBLIC SERVICES IN TERMS OF HEALTH & EDUCATION: EVIDENCE FROM PAKISTAN

Jehan¹,

Bukhari²,

Rovidad³

2021

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It is important to find out the impacts of local body reforms on health and education sector to have a comparison between those eras when local government system have been implemented and not implementation of this system. The paramount concern of the study is to identify whether public services provision in terms of education and health are improved during the era of local body government than that of non-local body government regime in Punjab, Pakistan The main concern of this study is to identify the differences between two regimes of government local body government and non-local body government duration in provision of public services in terms of health and education. Data has been collected for three provinces (Punjab, Sindh, and KPK) at district and province level from provincial development statistics. Due to data limitations, Baluchistan province is excluded from analysis. Overall trend suggested that education sector has been assessed with more and increasing trend during the non-local government regime as compared to local body government in all three provinces. Similarly, we have assessed that health sectors is also experiencing trend as education.

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Ethics and Validity as Core Issues in Qualitative Research: A Review Paper

Waheed¹

2021

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Qualitative research is criticized for having issues validity, reliability, and ethics. This review paper focuses on two core issues involved in qualitative research generally and in educational research more specifically. Firstly, this review sheds light on ethical issues involved in qualitative research. It also discusses issues of validity in qualitative research. In this study, narrative review method has been adopted. The secondary sources or previous research studies have been reviewed in order to suggest some research directions regarding the issues of validity and ethics in qualitative research. It was found that researcher plays a central role in assuring both validity and ethics in qualitative research. Researcher are recommended to have command on research techniques required for conducting qualitative studies. Moreover, researchers are recommended to adopt ethically appropriate practices by conducting honestly robust qualitative studies.

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The need for documenting validation transactions: a qualitative component of the testing validation process

Abstract: Qualitative analysis, Validation of interpretation of test results,

Cited by 3 publications

References 17 publications

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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LOCAL BODY AND NON-LOCAL BODY GOVERNMENT REGIMES IN PROVISION OF PUBLIC SERVICES IN TERMS OF HEALTH & EDUCATION: EVIDENCE FROM PAKISTAN

Ethics and Validity as Core Issues in Qualitative Research: A Review Paper

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