Skip to main content
Menu Study Site Homepage
  • Why Me-asurement? An Introduction
  • One Potato, Two Potatoes . . . Levels of Measurement and Their Importance
  • Getting It Right Every Time: Reliability and Its Importance
  • The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth: Validity and Its Importance
  • Welcome to Lake Woebegone, Where All the Children Are Above Average: Norms and Percentiles
  • Item Response Theory: The “New” Kid on the Block
  • Short-Answer and Completion Items: Baskin Robbins® Has __ Flavors
  • Essay Items—Hope You Can Write
  • Multiple-Choice Items: Always Pick Answer C and You’ll Be Right About 25% of the Time
  • Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me a Match: Matching Items
  • True–False Tests: T or F? I Passed My First Measurement Test
  • Portfolios: Seeing the Big Picture
  • So, Tell Me About Your Childhood: Interesting Interviews
  • Achievement Tests: Who Really Discovered America?
  • Personality and Neuropsychological Testing: Type A, B, or Me?
  • Aptitude Tests: What’s in Store for Me?
  • Intelligence Tests: That Rubik’s Cube Is Driving Me Nuts
  • Career Choices: So You Want to Be a What?
  • Test Bias: Fair for Everyone?
  • The Law, Testing, and Ethics: No Child (Should Be) Left Behind and Other Very Interesting Stuff
  • Appendix A: Your Tests and Measurement Statistics Toolkit
  • Login

    Access

    • New User?
    • Request new password
    • Create a new account

Student Resources

This site is intended to enhance your use of Tests & Measurement for People Who (Think They) Hate Tests & Measurement, Third Edition, by Neil J. Salkind. Please note that all the materials on this site are especially geared toward maximizing your understanding of the material.

The open-access Student Study Site includes the following:

You are here

Home » The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth: Validity and Its Importance » SAGE Journal Articles

The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth: Validity and Its Importance

  • Quiz
  • eFlashcards
  • Video and Multimedia
  • SAGE Journal Articles

SAGE Journal Articles

Click on the following links. Please note these will open in a new window.

Andersen, L. G., Groenvold, M., Jørgensen, T., & Aadahl, M. (2010). Construct validity of a revised Physical Activity Scale and testing by cognitive interviewing. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 38(7), 707–714.

Kramer, J. S. (2011). Using mixed methods to establish the social validity of a self-report assessment: An illustration using the Child Occupational Self-Assessment (COSA). Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 5(1), 52–76.

Livanis, A., & Mouzakitis, A. (2010). The treatment validity of autism screening instruments. Assessment for Effective Intervention, 35, 206–217.

Zurcher, R., & Bryant, D. P. (2001, September). The validity and comparability of entrance examination scores after accommodations are made for students with LD. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 34(5), 462–471.

© 2023 Sage Publications Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd.

Terms of Service • Copyright Notice • Privacy PolicyPrivacy Policy

Browser not supported close

You are using a browser version that is no longer supported by this website and could result in a less-than-optimal experience.

To ensure full site functionality, please use an alternative web browser or upgrade your version of Internet Explorer.

Internet Explorer Firefox Opera Google Chrome