APA PsycTests methodology field values
| VALUE | DEFINITION |
|---|---|
| Test Validity | The extent to which evidence and theory support specific interpretations of test scores for the proposed use of the test. |
| Concurrent Validity | The extent to which the results of a test or measurement correspond to those of a previously established and related measure, collected at the same point in time. |
| Construct Validity | The extent to which a measure accurately assesses the construct or latent attribute that it is intended to measure. |
| Content Validity | The extent to which a test reflects the various components of the construct it is intended to measure. |
| Convergent Validity | The extent to which test scores or responses demonstrate a strong relationship with scores or responses on conceptually similar tests. |
| Criterion Validity | Evaluating the validity of a measure based on its relationship to a specific criterion. |
| Discriminant Validity | A form of construct validity that defines how well the test or measure does not correlate with unrelated constructs. |
| Nomological Validity | The degree to which a test assesses the specific constructs it is intended to assess, based on the theorized relationships between the construct of interest, other constructs, and observable indicators. |
| Predictive Validity | The degree to which a test score predicts future behavior or performance on an accepted criterion measure. |
| Test Reliability | Consistency and correlation of test scores across test replications. |
| Internal Consistency | The interrelatedness of items on a test, demonstrating that they are measuring the same construct. |
| Interrater Reliability | Statistically measured correspondence between judgments by observers of a common event. |
| Split-Half Reliability | A measure of the internal consistency of a measure, calculated by dividing the total set of test items into halves and determining the correlation between the two subsets of items. |
| Test-Retest Reliability | The correlation between test scores when the same test is given to the same group of individuals on two different occasions. |
| Factor Analysis | A statistical procedure that reduces intercorrelations across tests to a small number of underlying variables. |
| Confirmatory Factor Analysis | A form of factor analysis which is used to verify the fit of a hypothesized factor structure of observed variables and their underlying latent constructs. |
| Exploratory Factor Analysis | A form of factor analysis used to explore the possible underlying factor structure and latent constructs of a set of observed variables, without a predetermined model. |
| Principal Component Analysis | A statistical method for reducing the dimensionality of a data set of interrelated variables into its underlying dimensions, or principal components, using orthogonal rotation. |
| Item Response Theory | A statistical theory and a set of related methods which model the relationship between test item performance, test taker ability, and test item characteristics. |
| Measurement Invariance | The statistical property in which a scale or construct provides the same results across several different samples, populations, or time. |
| Measurement Model | Models that display the relationship between indicators and latent variables within a measure. |
| Structural Equation Modeling | Any of a range of multivariate statistical analysis methods which examine the structural relationship between measured and latent variables. |
| Test Sensitivity | The ability of a test to correctly classify an individual as having a disease or condition. |
| Test Specificity | The ability of a test to correctly determine the absence of a disease or condition. |
| Qualitative Assessment Methods | A broad class of assessment methodology which uses qualitative strategies for the collection and/or analysis of descriptive data. |
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