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		The convergent validities of the traits were given by the validity diagonal, which consists of correlation coefficients of the heterotrait-monomethod type.
		Discriminant validities of the traits were determined by comparing the convergent validity coefficients with the correlation coefficients in the corresponding row and column of the heterotrait-heteromethod block, and the corresponding correlation coefficients in the heterotrait-monomethod triangles involving the same variables.
		Convergent validity studies are conducted on the tacit assumption that self-estimates of aptitudes and measured aptitudes by standardized aptitude tests are identical.
	www.aare.edu.au /96pap/pohsh96558.txt (7564 words)

	Animal Models of Psychiatric Disorders
		The evaluation of convergent validity is central to the approach described above in which a model is based theoretically upon a psychological process or behavioral dimension that is hypothesized to be affected in a psychiatric disorder.
		Moreover, establishing the face validity of a model objectively is impossible, because claims for face validity of a model almost invariably involve subjective arbitrary arguments that are not necessarily accepted by all investigators in the field (see 87 for examples of models with proposed face validity).
		The predictive validity in terms of pharmacological isomorphism of the model is indicated by the fact that pharmacological treatments clinically effective in depression, such as tricyclics, MAO inhibitors, atypical antidepressants, and electroconvulsive shock therapy are effective in reducing the behavioral and "physical" abnormalities seen in animals exposed to uncontrollable stress (87, 88).
	www.acnp.org /g4/GN401000076/CH.html (9678 words)

	PA 765: Validity
		Convergent validity, which is a type of construct validity, refers to the principle that the indicators for a given construct should be at least moderately correlated among themselves.
		Convergent validity in this sense exists when the researcher's proposed scale or measure of a given construct correlates with measures of the same construct using instruments proposed by other researchers.
		Convergent validity is assessed by correlations between the same tolerance indicator between two methods (ex., racial tolerance with subject data and with spousal data).
	www2.chass.ncsu.edu /garson/pa765/validity.htm (2193 words)

	Reliability and Validity, Part II - Validity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Validity refers to the issue of whether the test measures what it is intending to measure.
		The concurrent validities between the test and other measures of the same domain are correlational measures of convergent validity.
		Discriminant validity, are the test scores unrelated to tests and behaviors in different domains, seems to be less often assessed than is convergent validity.
	web.uccs.edu /lbecker/Psy590/relval_II.htm (1225 words)

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		Validity is viewed by the Standards as being a unitary concept, with all evidence being tied to the construct the test is designed to measure.
		Convergent validity evidence is gathered by analyzing the relationships among test scores and other measures of the construct.
		Convergent validities (monotrait-heteromethod correlations) appear on two diagonals in the lower part of the matrix, and are enclosed within [ ].
	www.umass.edu /remp/NCME/Pitoniak_NCME.doc (2403 words)

	CHAPTER 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Convergent validity The degree to which a measure relates to other characteristics that are conceptually similar to what it's supposed to assess.
		Validity is further threatened by the fact that people have response sets (acquiescence and social desirability) that bias their responses.
		Convergent validity--the degree to which a measure relates to other characteristics that are conceptually similar to what it's supposed to assess.
	members.shaw.ca /tdegagne/305Chapter3.htm (1083 words)

	Learn more about Scale (social sciences) in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Internal validation checks the relation between the individual measures included in the scale, and the composite scale itself.
		External validation checks the relation between the composite scale and other indicators of the variable, indicators not included in the scale.
		Content validation (also called face validity) checks how well the scale measures what it is supposed to measure.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /s/sc/scale__social_sciences_.html (1056 words)

	Adolescence : Convergent validity in objective measures of identity status: implications for identity status theory. @ ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Adolescence : Convergent validity in objective measures of identity status: implications for identity status theory.
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		Convergent validity in objective measures of identity status: implications for identity status theory.
	static.highbeam.com /a/adolescence/september222002/convergentvalidityinobjectivemeasuresofidentitysta/index.html (260 words)

	The Learning Style Inventory: Convergent validity Study in an Applied Career Setting
		Based on their LSI scores, each participant was categorized as either an Assimilator, a Converger, a Diverger, or an Accommodator.
		In turn, Accommodators may have received low ratings due to their own preference for "hands-on" work versus the ability to take a more strategic role, a skill that is required in middle-management positions, and that becomes increasingly important as one progresses upward.
		In sum, we found preliminary, qualified support for the convergent validity of the LSI and its constructs.
	www.psc-cfp.gc.ca /ppc/learning_style_inventory_e.htm (1252 words)

	College Student Journal: Reaffirming Construct, Convergent And Predictive Validity Between Objective Tests And ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Recent research suggests that the validity of holistically-scored writing may in turn affect both predictive and convergent validities of holistic scores for writing competence as such tests predict external unrelated scores (GPA) and are convergent with other measures of writing competence.
		To reaffirm convergent validity between objective tests and holistically-scored essays, and to establish predictive validity of both formats for gradepoint average (GPA), 392 test profiles were gathered from 1800 freshmen and sophomore student records.
		Charney (1984) questions the construct validity of holistic scoring because of the "variability of topics and types of discourse, the arbitrariness of the criteria, and the failure of the raters to adhere to the criteria" (cited in Lauer & Asherp, 1984, p 144).
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FCR/is_1_33/ai_62894046 (1331 words)

	Nat' Academies Press, Fairness in Employment Testing: Validity Generalization, Minority Issues, and the General ...
		Distributions of convergent validity coefficients for the GATB cognitive and perceptual aptitudes are summarized in Table 4-1 and, for ease of visual comparison, are depicted in Figure 4-2.
		Validities were reported for both the AFQT and the aptitude or selector composite used to place recruits in each of the eight career fields.
		The uncorrected validities of the selector composite and the general composite (equivalent to the AFQT) in nine occupational areas are shown in Table 4-3.
	www.nap.edu /books/0309040337/html/73.html (6286 words)

	The Multitrait-Multimethod Matrix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Convergent validity is the degree to which concepts that should be related theoretically are interrelated in reality.
		Discriminant validity is the degree to which concepts that should not be related theoretically are, in fact, not interrelated in reality.
		We will see that when we move away from the explicit consideration of methods and when we begin to see convergence and discrimination as differences of degree, we essentially have the foundation for the pattern matching approach to assessing construct validity.
	www.socialresearchmethods.net /kb/mtmmmat.htm (2121 words)

	Convergent & Discriminant Validity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		When one is evaluating the convergent validity, one must also be evaluating the discriminant validity.
		Anyway, convergent validity is supported if correlations within the table that should be high or at least significant are found to be just that -- high or significant.
		Discriminant validity, on the other hand, is demonstrated when some correlations within the matrix which are expected to be low, are indeed low or not significant.
	www.cps.nova.edu /~cpphelp/class/psy0507/convergv.html (276 words)

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		To show that a measure of communication apprehension is valid, Tim compares the results of his measure with the results of other measures of communication apprehension.
		Concurrent validity means that the measure accurately assesses whether a person currently has a characteristic or ability while predictive validity deals with whether the person can acquire that ability in the future.
		To show that a measure of communication apprehension is valid, Tim compares the results of his measure with the results of measures of communication competence and intelligence.
	www.as.wvu.edu /comm/comm61/d9prep.html (758 words)

	Measurement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Pragmatic approach to validity - interest is in the usefulness of an instrument as an indicator/predictor of a characteristic of an individual.
		With construct validation all the predictions that would be made on basic of a set of propositions in which construct is involved (or as many as possible) enter into consideration of validity.
		Construct Validity - "Validity with which cause and effect operations are labeled in theory to be relevant or generalizable terms".
	gunston.gmu.edu /matherto/hsci712/Validity/validity.htm (827 words)

	TND and EX Programs, Abstract 1, Five methods of assessing school-level daily use of cigarettes and alcohol by ...
		We used Campbell and Fiske's (1951) criteria to estimate convergent and discriminant validity of a correlation matrix consisting of two "traits" (daily use of cigarettes or alcohol) and five "methods" (aggregated student self-report, school personnel prevalence estimate, student prevalence estimate, naturalistic observation of use, and school outdoor refuse evidence of tobacco or alcohol products).
		For alcohol, the staff prevalence estimate method showed convergent validity with student prevalence estimate and refuse evidence methods, but the latter two methods nor student self-report were significantly related to each other.
		We found discriminant validity for the forementioned relations, although only two of six correlations suggested convergent validity for alcohol.
	www.cceanet.org /Research/Sussman/prabst1.htm (328 words)

	Construct Validity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Construct validity refers to the degree to which inferences can legitimately be made from the operationalizations in your study to the theoretical constructs on which those operationalizations were based.
		Then, I'll discuss the major construct validity threats, the kinds of arguments your critics are likely to raise when you make a claim that your program or measure is valid.
		The first formal articulation of the idea of construct validity came from this effort and was couched under the somewhat grandiose idea of the nomological network.
	www.socialresearchmethods.net /kb/constval.htm (844 words)

	IngentaConnect Convergent validity of the tinnitus handicap inventory and the ti... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The convergent validity of the instruments was high, with total and subscale scores all being significantly correlated at the five per cent level (Spearman correlation coefficients).
		In particular, the sleep disturbance element of the TQ was demonstrated to have some discriminant validity from the THI and from other elements of the TQ at the one per cent significance level.
		The THI and TQ have been demonstrated to have high convergent validity and are both suitable for tinnitus outcome studies involving the quantification of self - perceived tinnitus handicap.
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	Convergent & Discriminant Validity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Convergent and discriminant validity are both considered subcategories or subtypes of construct validity.
		But while the pattern supports discriminant and convergent validity, does it show that the three self esteem measures actually measure self esteem or that the three locus of control measures actually measure locus of control.
		For instance, we might use a face validity or content validity approach to demonstrate that the measures reflect the constructs we say they are (see the discussion on types of construct validity for more information).
	www.socialresearchmethods.net /kb/convdisc.htm (1474 words)

	Comp 12 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Convergent validity refers to "The degree to which a test correlates
		To assess the convergent and divergent validity of a hypothetical
		to have moderate to high correlations which is evidence of convergent validity.
	www.testconstruction.com /comp_12.htm (642 words)

	Health and Quality of Life Outcomes \| Full text \| Validity of the AusTOM scales: A comparison of the AusTOMs and ...
		The aim of this study was to investigate the construct (convergent) validity of the Australian Therapy Outcome Measures (AusTOMs) by comparing it with the EuroQuol-5D (EQ-5D).
		Because constructs are not directly observable and are usually multidimensional, it is important to ascertain that the constructs adequately define and represent the variables that the instrument purports to measure [16].
		In particular, convergent validity indicates the degree to which two instruments are measuring similar constructs.
	www.hqlo.com /content/2/1/64 (6183 words)

	CJNS - Standardized Finger-Nose Test Validity for Coordination Assessment in an Ataxic Disorder
		Convergent construct validity was tested by correlating the SFNT with other upper extremity function tests, a functional independence measure and social participation.
		Discriminant construct validity was explored by comparing performance on the SFNT between two age groups (< 40 years and ≥ 40 years).
		Results: Convergent validity of the SFNT was demonstrated by moderate to strong correlations with gross and fine finger dexterity (r = 0.82-0.84), global upper extremity performance (0.74-0.79), functional independence (r = 0.74) and social participation (r = 0.78).
	www.cjns.org /31novtoc/standardized.html (538 words)

	Outline: Adjectival Descriptors of Personality Disorders: A Convergent Validity Study of the MCMI-III
		The purpose of this study was to obtain adjectival descriptors that were most often associated with the diagnosis of a specific personality disorder.
		The test was found to have good convergent validity.
		There are many reasons for there being a lack of convergent validity.
	www.drmillslmu.com /Testing/fall2002/craig.htm (1303 words)

	IngentaConnect Utility of Pedometers for Assessing Physical Activity: Convergent... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Valid assessment of physical activity is important to researchers and practitioners interested in surveillance, screening, programme evaluation and intervention.
		The validity of an assessment instrument is commonly considered its most important attribute.
		Convergent validity is the extent to which an instrument's output is associated with that of other instruments intended to measure the same exposure of interest.
	api.ingentaconnect.com /content/adis/smd/2002/00000032/00000012/art00004 (420 words)

	Validity and Reliability (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In ordinary usage, validity is a property of a statement, argument or procedure.
		To call a statement, argument or procedure valid is to indicate that it is cogent, well grounded, justifiable or logically correct.
		When two measures agree then there is a presumption of validity for the measure being tested, e.g., hospital data from interviews could be validated from admission records, or political surveys can be validated (or invalidated) from election statistics, consumer surveys can be validated from the volume of purchases and so on.
	www.csm.uwe.ac.uk /~pwhite/validity/node1.html (233 words)

	Adolescence: Convergent validity in objective measures of identity status: implications for identity status theory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Adolescence: Convergent validity in objective measures of identity status: implications for identity status theory
		The identity status model is founded upon the relationships of the statuses to their component dimensions.
		In fact, the internal validity of the status model is dependent upon the existence of theoretically consistent relationships between each status and the underlying dimensions, exploration and commitment (e.g., a strong and positive relationship between foreclosure and commitment, and a strong and negative relationship between foreclosure and exploration).
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2248/is_147_37/ai_94598396 (1341 words)

	Validation of 2 Pain Scales for Use in the Pediatric Emergency Department -- Bulloch and Tenenbein 110 (3): 33 -- ...
		A chief criterion of the validity of a pain scale is that it
		The faces pain scale for the self-assessment of the severity of pain experienced by children: development, initial validation, and preliminary investigation for the ratio scale properties.
		Construct validity estimation for the African-American and Hispanic versions of the oucher scale.
	pediatrics.aappublications.org /cgi/content/full/110/3/e33 (2835 words)

	Reliability and Validity of a Student Scale for Assessing the Quality of Internet-Based Distance Learning
		Validity of the benchmark scale was approached in three ways: content validity, construct validity and criterion-referenced validity (Thorndike, 1996).
		For purposes of this study, content validity was defined as the degree to which the scale properly reflected student-related dimensions of quality in Internet-based distance education.
		For purposes of this study, construct validity was assessed by identifying the concepts underlying students’ scores on this scale.
	www.westga.edu /%7Edistance/ojdla/fall63/scanlan63.html (2843 words)

	Research
		Results revealed support for the convergent validity of the True Colors™ Personality Typing System with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, while little support was found for convergent validity with the Strong Interest Inventory or the Campbell Interest Skill and Survey.
		The purpose of this research was to conduct a convergent validity study of the True Colors™ Character Cards’ Activity and Word Cluster instrument using the three mentioned well-established assessments.
		Note convergent validity is defined as research with the purpose ‘to show the test has strong positive correlations with other measures of the construct and smaller positive ones with those related to the construct.” (Krathwohl, 1998, p.
	www.truecolorscareer.com /Research.htm (1402 words)

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