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Understanding Test Validity in Psychology by Mob is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The article critiques the traditional understanding of test validity in psychometrics, arguing that validity is not a psychometric issue but rather a problem of language use and the correspondence between scientific and everyday language. It posits that both operationalist and representationalist views render the concept of validity obsolete, as any measurement is valid by definition or must specify what is measured. Ultimately, the authors emphasize the need for clarity in defining psychological constructs
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- Mob
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- EN