ERIC Number: EJ1474548
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jun
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0175
EISSN: EISSN-2162-6057
Available Date: 2025-05-05
Content Validity of Creativity Self-Report Questionnaires from PISA 2022
The present paper questions the content validity of the eight creativity-related self-report scales available in PISA 2022's context questionnaire and provides a set of considerations for researchers interested in using these indexes. Specifically, we point out some threats to the content validity of these scales (e.g., "creative thinking self-efficacy, creativity, and openness to intellect") including ambiguity in construct and content definition, construct underrepresentation, or item overlaps between constructs. We then discuss content validity from a theoretical angle, outlining how important is the clarity of content domain definition and corresponding test content, to avoid possible jingle-jangle fallacies in the item sets (e.g., overlap between same/similar items attributed to different constructs) which undermine the utility of resulting scores. We also present approaches for empirically quantifying content validity. In all, this paper calls for a cautious use and interpretation of creativity self-report data in PISA 2022 as it stands. It provides guidance for further examination of the content validity of the creativity-related self-report scales in PISA 2022. Such future efforts are necessary to enhance the validity of inferences made from these self-report scale scores, to optimize their comparability across different research teams and nations, toward a more generalizable use in creativity and education research.
Descriptors: Creativity, Creativity Tests, Questionnaires, Content Validity, Creative Thinking, Self Efficacy, Personality Traits, Test Items, Test Use, Test Interpretation, Scores, Inferences, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Program for International Student Assessment
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Author Affiliations: 1Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; 2Institute of Psychology, University of Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany; 3Psychological Sciences Research Institute, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium; 4Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA