ITEM VALIDITY

By
Nugent, Pam M.S.
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In a test or experiment the extent to which an individual item measures what it purports to measure.

ITEM VALIDITY: "Item Validity is the extent to which an individual item measures what it purports to measure."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. FACE VALIDITY
  2. BUFFER ITEM
  3. BUFFER ITEM
  4. STERNBERG TRIARCHIC ABILITIES TEST (STAT)
  5. ITEM-TO-ITEM RELIABILITY
  6. BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY (BAD)
  7. MATCHING FAMILIAR FIGURES TEST (MFF)
  8. ITEM DIFFICULTY
  9. ITEM SELECTION
  10. TAIL FLICK
Cite this page: Nugent, Pam M.S., "ITEM VALIDITY," in PsychologyDictionary.org, May 11, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/item-validity/ (accessed October 20, 2018).
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