Validation - Psychometric Glossary

A process that creates evidence about what a test does and does not infer. Validation involves administering a test or series of tests to a group and correlating the results with some criterion measure, such as job performance to see if there is a relationship.

See also:

Graphology, Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation, Situational Judgement Test (SJT)

Other articles:

Validity (Test), Verbal Comprehension Test, Verbal Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning Test

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