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Ketterlin-Geller, Leanne R.; Yovanoff, Paul; Jung, EunJu; Liu, Kimy; Geller, Josh – Educational Assessment, 2013
In this article, we highlight the need for a precisely defined construct in score-based validation and discuss the contribution of cognitive theories to accurately and comprehensively defining the construct. We propose a framework for integrating cognitively based theoretical and empirical evidence to specify and evaluate the construct. We apply…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Construct Validity, Scores, Evidence
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Sodano, Sandro M.; Richard, George V. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2009
The Medical Specialty Preference Inventory (MSPI; Zimny, G.H. (1979). Manual for the Medical Specialty Preference Inventory. St. Louis, MO: St. Louis University School of Medicine), a measure of medical students' interests, was substantively and empirically examined to identify an underlying factor structure. A factor model for the original MSPI…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Laboratory Schools, Medical Schools, Interests
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Cicero, David C.; Kerns, John G.; McCarthy, Denis M. – Psychological Assessment, 2010
Aberrant salience is the unusual or incorrect assignment of salience, significance, or importance to otherwise innocuous stimuli and has been hypothesized to be important for psychosis and psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia. Despite the importance of this concept in psychosis research, no questionnaire measures are available to assess…
Descriptors: Schizophrenia, Validity, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis