TY - JOUR TT - Interview with Stephen G. SIRECI on Validity AU - Doğan, Nuri PY - 2017 DA - March Y2 - 2017 JF - Journal of Measurement and Evaluation in Education and Psychology JO - JMEEP PB - Association for Measurement and Evaluation in Education and Psychology WT - DergiPark SN - 1309-6575 SP - 158 EP - 168 VL - 8 IS - 1 KW - Validity KW - Interview N2 - The following questions were created within the scope ofClassical Test Theory course (OLC720) offered in the doctoral programme ofMeasurement and Evaluation in Education branch in the Educational SciencesDepartment of Hacettepe University. The question of “what three questions aboutvalidity would you ask if an internationally famous expert was in front ofyou?” was asked 23 students taking the course, and the participants were askedto write down their questions. 69 questions in total were revised by thelecturer of the course in terms of scope, importance and clarity, and thenumber of questions was reduced to 37 by removing 32 of them. The studentsparticipating in the classes were then asked to order the questions selected bythe lecture from the most important to the least important. The order ofimportance for each question was determined by adding up the scores given bythe students. 15 out of the 37 questions which had been ordered according tothe students’ rating were selected to be answered. CR - APA. (1952). Committee on Test Standards. Technical recommendations for psychological tests and diagnostic techniques: preliminary proposal. American Psychological Association Washington DC US. [American Psychologist, 7(8), 461-475. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/h0056631 ] CR - APA. (1954). Technical recommendations for psychological tests and diagnostic techniques. American Psychological Association Washington DC US. [Psychological bulletin, 51, 2, pt. 2, March 1954. Supplement.] CR - APA. (1966). Standards for educational and psychological tests and manuals. American Psychological Association Washington DC US. [Educational and Psychological Measurement, 26, 3, 751-767 October 1, 1966 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/001316446602600328] CR - APA, AERA, & NCME (1974). Standardsfor eductiond andpsychological tests and manuals. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. CR - AERA, APA & NCME. (1985). Standards for education and psychological testing. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. CR - AERA, APA, & NCME. (1999). Standards for educational and psychological testing. Washington, DC: American Educational Research Association. CR - AERA, APA, & NCME. (2014). Standards for educational and psychological testing. Washington, DC: American Educational Research Association CR - Campbell DT, Fiske DW. (1959). Convergent and discriminant validation by the multitrait multimethod matrix. Psychological. Bulletin. 56,2,81−105. CR - Kane, M T. (1992). An argument-based approach to validity. Psychological Bulletin, 112, 3, 527-535. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.112.3.527 CR - Kane, M. T. (2006). Validation. In R. L. Brennan (Ed.), Educational measurement (4th ed., pp. 17– 64). Westport: American Council on Education/Praeger. CR - Kane, M. T. (2013). Validating the interpretations and uses of test scores. Journal of Educational Measurement, 50, 1–73. CR - Messick, S. (1995). Validity of psychological assessment: Validation of inferences from persons' and performances as scientific inquiry into score meaning. American Psychologist, 50, 741-749 CR - Sireci, S.G. (2012). De-“Constructing” Test Validation. Center for Educational Assessment Research Report No. 814. Amherst, MA: Center for Educational Assessment, University of Massachusetts Amherst. UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/epod/article/303035 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/289789 ER -