A Note on Economic Content and Test Validity.

Soper, John C.; Brenneke, Judith Staley

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Publication Date: 1987

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A Note on Economic Content and Test Validity.

Soper, John C.; Brenneke, Judith Staley

Journal of Economic Education, v18 n4 p421-24 Fall 1987

Offers practical tips on how teachers can determine whether classroom tests are actually measuring what they are designed to measure. Discusses criterion-related validity, construct validity, and content validity. Demonstrates how to determine the degree of content validity a particular test may have for a particular course or unit. (Author/DH)

Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Economics Education, Higher Education, Teacher Made Tests, Test Construction, Test Validity

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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