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Wesp, Richard; Eshun, Sussie – Teaching of Psychology, 2005
We describe a simple classroom activity that demonstrated the process of assessing predictive validity. We assessed changes in student understanding of the process, confidence in psychological testing, and enjoyment in participating in the exercise. Students who completed the activity performed better on a test question about validity and reported…
Descriptors: Psychology, Predictive Validity, Psychological Testing, Test Validity

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