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Augmenting the Core Battery with Supplementary Subtests: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-IV Measurement Invariance across the United States and Canada
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Bowden, Stephen C.; Saklofske, Donald H.; Weiss, Lawrence G. – Assessment, 2011
Examination of measurement invariance provides a powerful method to evaluate the hypothesis that the same set of psychological constructs underlies a set of test scores in different populations. If measurement invariance is observed, then the same psychological meaning can be ascribed to scores in both populations. In this study, the measurement…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Construct Validity, Older Adults, Measures (Individuals)
Validity of Factors of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised in Female Prisoners: Discriminant Relations with Antisocial Behavior, Substance Abuse, and Personality
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Kennealy, Patrick J.; Hicks, Brian M.; Patrick, Christopher J. – Assessment, 2007
The validity of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) has been examined extensively in men, but its validity for women remains understudied. Specifically, the correlates of the general construct of psychopathy and its components as assessed by PCL-R total, factor, and facet scores have yet to be examined in depth. Based on previous research…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Personality Problems, Intelligence, Substance Abuse
The Construct Validity of the Tower of London (DX) as a Measure of the Executive Functioning of ADHD Children.
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Culbertson, William C.; Zillmer, Eric A. – Assessment, 1998
The construct-related validity of the Tower of London-Drexel (TOL-DX), a measure of executive functioning (W. Culbertson and A. Zillmer, 1995) was studied with 129 children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Results show that the TOL-DX loads prominently on an Executive Planning/Inhibition factor while separating for factors…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Children, Construct Validity, Factor Structure
The Construct Validity of the Hooper Visual Organization Test.
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Johnstone, Brick; Wilhelm, Karen L. – Assessment, 1997
The construct validity of the Hooper Visual Organization Test (VOT) (H. Hooper, 1983) was studied by comparing it to conceptually similar and dissimilar cognitive abilities in a principal components analysis of results from 240 participants with cognitive impairment. Results suggest that the VOT is best considered a measure of visual-spatial…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Tests, Comparative Analysis, Construct Validity