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Evaluating the Unintended Consequences of Assessment Practices: Construct Irrelevance and Construct Underrepresentation
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Spurgeon, Shawn L. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2017
Construct irrelevance (CI) and construct underrepresentation (CU) are 2 major threats to validity, yet they are rarely discussed within the counseling literature. This article provides information about the relevance of these threats to internal validity. An illustrative case example will be provided to assist counselors in understanding these…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems