Construct validity

city and majority white; the homogenous sample potentially undermines the conclusions’ generalization. (2) Mastery and expectation as two discrete dimensions Strength. Latent class analysis provides two important insights of construct validity and predictive validity (Bergkvist and Rossiter 2007; Cronbach and Meehl…

The correlation between the scores of persons with similar personalities is generally high. Strength is its face validity which is accepted by most researchers test is its internal consistency and construct validity. Its test-retest reliability also far much exceeds those of other tests in the category. Some psychologists have however criticized the test for lacking not only in validity but also in reliability from the above discussion. The use of forced format is another weakness as seen by…

however, there is still no brief clinical measure for assessing generalized anxiety disorder. The object of this study was to develop a brief self-report scale to identify probable cases of generalized anxiety disorder and evaluate its reliability and validity. A criterion-standard study was per-formed in 15 primary care Clinics in the United States from November 2004 through June 2005. Of a total of 2740 adult patient completing a study questionnaire,…

the consistency (convergent validity) of the stable trait and occasion-specific variance components across mothers, fathers, teachers, and aides (convergent validity within and across setting for these two variance components). The study will investigate these two questions: (1) the amount of stable trait variance and occasion specific variance in ODD and academic impairment (AI) for mothers, fathers, teachers, and aides; and (2) the consistency (convergent validity) of the stable trait…

They have taken several precautions to make sure that the threats of confounding and lurking variables are minimized. However, the external validity of the overall experiment is rather low. Thus, the results of the experiment might not apply to real-life situations. This is caused by several things, the participants were shown a video of violence, they were not experiencing a violent situation…

protected group. By doing so, their chances of wining possible law suits are enhanced. In order to validate their usage of these selection instruments, they must validate it with one of these three paradigms: content validity, criterion validity, and construct validity. Content validity applies to a…

Recreational use of marijuana has become more popular in the United States, especially in the college students. HealthDay’s reporter, Amy Norton, wrote a popular press article describing a research report about how marijuana use during college affects academics. Throughout the journal to journalism process reporters may not reliably report important research or misrepresent science (Morling, 2014). Although Norton used many direct quotes throughout her article, she could have described the…

According to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, in 2011 there were approximately 562,000 pregnancies among women under the age of 20 (2016). In an attempt to determine the predictors of teenage pregnancy, there were many conceptual variables to look at. These variables include delinquency, psychological factors, and aggression. Delinquency can be defined as “crimes or other morally wrong acts, illegal or immoral behavior especially by young people” (“delinquency”,…

the creation of their own scale, Symbolic Racism Scale (SR2K). They found issue with the obvious dating of the MRS and items were worded to reflect higher levels of racism. This would result in higher levels of acquiescence bias and possibly face validity. Lastly, there appears to be a correlation between political affiliations and symbolic racism, affecting the association between the dependant variables and items (Henry & Sears, 2002; Tarman & Sears,…

The next stage, after selecting a research paradigm, is to link it with actual practice (Bryman, 1998). This can be accomplished via selecting the appropriate data collection methods that; accommodate research assumptions, answer research questions, and meet research objectives. Accordingly, having explained the research paradigms and assumptions, the following is a description of the nature of the research design methods, namely: qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods, and then proceeds to…