What is a psychometric test?

How to compute the validity of a diagnostic psychometric test?

  • i've trying to find out how to compute the validity of a diagnostic psychometric test. The test has correct or wrong answers and not using a scale so factor analysis is out of the question? im just correlating item answers with the test raw scores.

  • Answer:

    If you want to compute the validity of the test then you have to correlate test scores with some external construct that the test theoretically should be related to. So perhaps some other test that measures about the same concept would be helpful. Of course you have to administer your test along with the other test to a large group of people. Michael Host of The Psych Files podcast http://www.thepsychfiles.com

Alexande... at Yahoo! Answers Visit the source

Was this solution helpful to you?

Related Q & A:

Just Added Q & A:

Find solution

For every problem there is a solution! Proved by Solucija.

  • Got an issue and looking for advice?

  • Ask Solucija to search every corner of the Web for help.

  • Get workable solutions and helpful tips in a moment.

Just ask Solucija about an issue you face and immediately get a list of ready solutions, answers and tips from other Internet users. We always provide the most suitable and complete answer to your question at the top, along with a few good alternatives below.