For this Assignment, you will examine
different validity concepts and approaches. You also will consider which validity approaches you would use for your psychological measure and why.
Submit a 2- to 3-page paper that addresses the following:
Summarize the different approaches for evaluating the validity of an assessment or measure. In your summary, include a definition and explanation of the following validity concepts: face validity, construct validity and the various ways to demonstrate construct validity (e.g., correlations with criterion measures, confirmatory factor analysis, etc.), and criterion-related or predictive validity.
Describe which validity approaches you would use for your measure and explain why. Be specific.
Note: Support your Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are to provide a reference list for all resources, including those in the Learning Resources for this course.
My psychological measure is Employee engagement
Chumney, F. (2016, October 16). Introduction to validity (Quantitative) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CeXcebWq1w
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 10 minutes.
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