Validity of Psychological Assessment

Messick, S. (1995). Validity of Psychological Assessment: Validation of Inferences from Persons' Responses and Performances as Scientific Inquiry into Score Meaning. American Psychologist, 50(9), 741-749.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1995

Volume

50

Issue

9

Pages

741-749

ISSN

0003-066X

DOI

10.1037/0003-066x.50.9.741

DOI registrant

American Psychological Association

Link

https://www.ets.org/research/policy_research_reports/publications/article/1995/buwh.html

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2 citations across 2 artifacts.

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Mechanisms

• Measurement Standard Operating Procedure
  • An SOP can mandate literal sameness that erases contextual, accessibility, or cultural validity, and worse, it can be identical on paper yet not equivalent in meaning across populations, which is the subtlest way a standardized measurement misleads.

    This sourceTreats validity as an inference about score meaning that must be tested across population groups, settings, and contexts.

• Structured Application
  • Its failure mode is subtle: a form measures whatever it is easiest to answer well, so an ill-designed application screens for literacy, paperwork stamina, or coaching rather than the intended attribute — it can measure the ability to survive the form instead of the quality behind it.

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