In everyday language, the term validity is typically used to describe something as being trustworthy or legit. It's meaning ...

The first reason for caring about how sensitive our standardized tests are to instruction is moral. If the tests we use to judge the effects of instruction on student learning are not sensitive to ...

In my previous blog post, I noted that reliability and validity are two essential properties of psychological measurement. Measures of intelligence, personality, vocational interests, and so forth ...

Precision medicine has touched every aspect of healthcare today, and—as is evident from President Obama’s State of the Union speech for 2015—is front of mind with the federal government, which ...

Content validity of patient-reported outcome measures (PROs) has been a focus of debate since the 2006 publication of the U. S. FDA Draft Guidance for Industry in Patient Reported Outcome Measurement.

Employers gauge a job candidate's ability to work and learn in an establishment through pre-employment assessments. To make a sound decision in the hiring process, companies should understand how to ...