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Title: | Validity of interpretation: A user validity perspective beyond the test score |
Authors: | Maciver, I Anderson, N Costa, AC Evers, A |
Keywords: | User validity;Test interpretation |
Issue Date: | 2014 |
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons Ltd |
Citation: | International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 22(2): 149 - 164, (June 2014) |
Abstract: | This paper introduces the concept of user validity and provides a new perspective on the validity of interpretations from tests. Test interpretation is based on outputs such as test scores, profiles, reports, spreadsheets of multiple candidates' scores, etc. The user validity perspective focuses on the interpretations a test user makes given the purpose of the test and the information provided in the test output. This innovative perspective focuses on how user validity can be extended to content, criterion, and to some extent construct-related validity. It provides a basis for researching the validity of interpretations and an improved understanding of the appropriateness of different approaches to score interpretation, as well as how to design test outputs and assessments that are pragmatic and optimal. |
URI: | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ijsa.12065/abstract http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/10389 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1111/ijsa.12065 |
ISSN: | 1468-2389 |
Appears in Collections: | Brunel Business School Research Papers |
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