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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452500503321

Autore

Taylor Catherine S

Titolo

Validity and validation / / Catherine S. Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-19-025607-9

0-19-935924-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

Understanding statistics

Disciplina

001.4/22

Soggetti

Social sciences - Statistical methods

Social sciences - Methodology

Research - Methodology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Validity and validation in research and assessment -- Evidence for the internal validity of research results -- External threats to validity -- Validity of statistical conclusions -- Construct related evidence for validity -- Interpretation, use, and consequences of scores from assessments -- Validity theory and validation resources.

Sommario/riassunto

The Understanding Research series focuses on the process of writing up social research. The series is broken down into three categories: Understanding Statistics, Understanding Measurement, and Understanding Qualitative Research. The books provide researchers with guides to understanding, writing, and evaluating social research. Each volume demonstrates how research should be represented, including how to write up the methodology as well as the research findings. Each volume also reviews how to appropriately evaluate published research. Validity and Validation is an introduction to validity th