Reliability and validity assessment
By: Edward G. Carmines, Richard A. Zeller.
Contributors: Zeller, Richard A., joint author.
Series: A Sage university paper : Quantitative applications in the social sciences ;; ser. no. 07-017
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Beverly Hills, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 70
Subjects: Social sciences -- Methodology; Social sciences -- Statistical methods
Other titles: Validity assessment.
Description: The authors present an elementary and exceptionally lucid introduction to issues in measurement theory. They define and discuss validity and reliability; proceed to a discussion of three basic types of validity, including criterion, content, and construct validity; present an introductory discussion of classical test theory, with an emphasis on parallel measures; and present a clear discussion of four methods of reliability estimation, including the test-retest, alternative form, split-half, and internal consistency methods of reliability assessment. The text is concluded with a discussion of the use of reliability assessment for purposes of correcting bivariate correlations for attenuation due to random measurement error.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [55]-57.