Validity of Interpretation: A user validity perspective beyond the test score
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Validity of Test Interpretation and Use
Validity is an integrated evaluative judgment of the degree to which empirical evidence and theoretical rationales support the adequacy and appropriateness of interpretations and actions based on test scores or other modes of assessment. The principles of validity apply not just to interpretive and action inferences derived from test scores as ordinarily conceived, but also to inferences based ...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Selection and Assessment
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0965-075X
DOI: 10.1111/ijsa.12065