Validation of Multilevel Constructs: Validation Methods and Empirical Findings for the EDI

Forer, Barry; Zumbo, Bruno D.

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“…The reliability and validity of these data sources have been well documented. [16][17][18][19] Study cohorts Using hospital and physician claims data from 1 April 1984 to 31 March 2012 along with prescription claims from 1 April 1996, we identified all Manitobans with MS using a case definition that was previously validated against medical records. 20 These were individuals with ≥3 records related to MS in any combination of hospital, physician, or prescription claims.…”

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Impact of parental multiple sclerosis on early childhood development: A retrospective cohort study

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Background: Exposure to parental chronic illness is associated with several adverse developmental outcomes. Objectives: We examined the association between parental multiple sclerosis (MS) and childhood developmental outcomes. Methods: We conducted a population-based retrospective cohort study in Manitoba, Canada, using linked databases. The outcome was childhood development at 5 years of age, expressed as vulnerability (absent vs. present) on the Early Development Instrument (EDI). Logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). Results: Children with an MS parent ( n=153) were similar to children of unaffected parents ( n=876) on all EDI domains. However, mental health morbidity was more common among MS parents compared with non-MS parents 49.5% vs. 35.3%. Among MS parents, mental health morbidity was associated with children’s vulnerability on the social competence (OR, 5.73 [95% CI:1.11–29.58]) and emotional maturity (OR, 3.03 [95% CI:1.03–8.94]) domains. The duration of child’s exposure to parental MS was associated with vulnerability on the physical health domain (OR, 1.49 [95%CI:1.03–2.15]). Conclusion: Parental MS was not associated with adverse early childhood developmental outcomes. However, children of parents with mental health morbidity, and those with longer duration of exposure to parental MS, were at higher risk for early childhood developmental vulnerability.

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Impact of parental multiple sclerosis on early childhood development: A retrospective cohort study

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“…When test scores are interpreted at the individual level, construct validity evidence is obtained at the individual level. When data from multilevel measures are reported, interpreted, and used at a group level (e.g., at the level of school, neighbourhood, country), construct validity evidence also needs to reflect this same group level of data Forer and Zumbo 2011). As with all measures, it is important for an array of empirical evidence to be compiled and a compelling argument put forward to support the intended inference(s) and to show that alternative or competing inferences are not more viable.…”

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“…Such evidence might include (multilevel) reliability, content-related evidence, (multilevel) factor structure, substantive processes, (multilevel) external relationships, articulation of values (e.g., in theory, the construct, score meaning, and use), and both intended social and personal consequences and unintended social and personal side effects of legitimate test use on the meaning of test scores. Forer and Zumbo (2011) describe multilevel construct validity and provide some conceptual and technical psychometric validity evidence for the EDI. Linn (2008 challenged us to think about the potential errors in inference that can be made across levels of datathat is, what Zumbo and Forer refer to as ecological or atomistic fallacies of measurement data inferences.…”

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Validity and the Consequences of Test Interpretation and Use

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“…A growing number of studies have established that the EDI has good internal and test-retest reliability as well as external validity (Forget-Dubois et al 2007;Janus and Offord 2007;Forer and Zumbo 2011;Guhn and Goelman 2011;Hymel, Le Mare, and McKee 2011;Janus, Brinkman, and Duku 2011). Early studies of the instrument indicated that: 'The EDI's psychometric properties have proven to be acceptable' (Janus and Offord 2007, 18;).…”

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Determinants of child outcomes in a cohort of children in the Free Pre-School Year in Ireland, 2012/2013

McKeown

Haase

Pratschke

2015

Irish Educational Studies

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The study analyses determinants of child outcomes in a cohort of children who participated in the Free Pre-School Year. Child outcomes are measured through a before-and-after assessment of children using the Early Development Instrument. The sample comprises 448 children in 70 early years centres. There are three main findings. First, children with more or better skills at the beginning of the study period tended to have more or better skills at the end of this period, and vice versa, indicating that the broad parameters of a child's progress during the Free Pre-School Year have already been set by the child's development during previous years. Second, child and family characteristics are the largest set of measured influences on child outcomes by comparison with the pre-school system, with social class being the single biggest influence. Third, there were significant skill gaps between children at the start of the Free Pre-School Year which remained unchanged or widened during the year. The main conclusion is that the measures required to improve child outcomes in pre-school need to extend well beyond the confines of the early years sector to include all influences, especially family and social class influences, on child development and need to begin at the start of the child's life.

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Validation of Multilevel Constructs: Validation Methods and Empirical Findings for the EDI

Abstract: Multilevel, Construct validation, School readiness,

Cited by 70 publications

References 46 publications

Impact of parental multiple sclerosis on early childhood development: A retrospective cohort study

Impact of parental multiple sclerosis on early childhood development: A retrospective cohort study

Validity and the Consequences of Test Interpretation and Use

Determinants of child outcomes in a cohort of children in the Free Pre-School Year in Ireland, 2012/2013

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