[IPAC-List] Divergent views of validation

[Lance Seberhagen]

  Joel:

Does "validity" in educational testing mean the same as "validity" in 
employment testing (or psychological testing in general)?  If the 
current APA Standards are "flawed" or even "useless," it's possible that 
someone is trying to justify something that is not valid under 
traditional concepts of validity.  Maybe the APA Standards need to be 
revised, maybe not, depending on the scientific evidence to support the 
proposed changes.

Lance Seberhagen, Ph.D.
Seberhagen&  Associates
9021 Trailridge Ct
Vienna, VA 22182
Tel 703-790-0796
www.seberhagen.com


On 8/31/2010 7:33 PM, Joel Wiesen wrote:

> For those who like considering non-conventional views...

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> Chapters by Joel Michell and Denny Borsboom in an edited book on 

> Validity by Lissitz suggest that the prevalent definition of validity, 

> as in the current APA Standards, is flawed, perhaps useless.  A brief 

> review is available at http://www.edrev.info/reviews/rev965.pdf

>

> Joel

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