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Teaching Psychometrics: The Importance of Validity in Assessment Design
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Emily L. Coderre – College Teaching, 2024
Psychometrics is the field of designing tests and assessments to measure certain psychological concepts. It is chiefly concerned with two fundamental properties: reliability and validity. These properties are often influenced by confounding variables: other things that can influence performance but are not what you are trying to measure. Here, I…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Psychometrics, Test Construction, Test Reliability