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Validity Analysis: Competitiveness Index

Discuss validity.What is face validity, content validity, criterion-related validity and construct validity? Each definition should be clear and complete (at least a paragraph). A simple sentence or two is not sufficient. Use credible sources and DO NOT copy and paste. You should write these up in your own words with in-text citations in APA style.

Results – Face Validity

Describe how the scale appears to meet this criteria by exploring several items.

Results – Content Validity

Clearly indicate how content validity differs from face validity.Discuss how the scale explores the full range of the construct (or not).

Results – Criterion-Related Validity

Please describe how you will evaluate the scales criterion-related validity (concurrent validity and predictive validity).

Concurrent Validity

Describe the concept, statistical analysis and results for concurrent validity analysis.Explain the concept behind the analysis.Interpret what the results mean about the scale’s concurrent validity.(Please include tables/graphs in an appendix at the end, but refer to them in your text. What is the correlation coefficient? What does this mean? )

Predictive Validity

Describe the concept, statistical analysis and results for predictive validity analysis.Explain the concept behind the analysis.Interpret what the results mean about the scale’s predictive validity.(Please include tables/graphs in an appendix at the end, but refer to them in your text. E.g. What is the correlation coefficient and r²? How much of the variation in the predictive q can be explained by the personality test score? What does this mean?)

Results – Construct Validity

Please describe how you will evaluate the scales criterion-related validity (explore distinctive groups, convergent validity and discriminant validity).Describe the concept, statistical analysis and results for each analysis.

Distinctive Groups

Explain the concept behind the analysis.Interpret what the results mean about the scale’s construct validity based on performance of different groups.(Please include tables/graphs in an appendix at the end, but refer to them in your text. Do the different groups have different average total scores? What does this indicate? Is it consistent with the theory – make sure to use references when discussing the theory!)

Convergent and Discriminant Validity

Explain the concept behind the analysis.Interpret what the results mean about the scale’s convergent validity.Interpret what the results mean about the scale’s discriminant validity.(Please include tables/graphs in an appendix at the end, but refer to them in your text. What are the two correlation coefficients? What do they mean?)

Discussion

Start with an overall stance on the validity of this scale. Then support your stance with results from each piece of the analysis.

Face Validity

Interpret your scale’s face validity.Use your face validity analysis and any that were reported in the papers from your test/literature summary to support your interpretation.

Content Validity

Interpret your scale’s face validity.Use your content validity analysis and any that were reported in the papers from your test/literature summary to support your interpretation.

Concurrent Validity– Criterion-Related Validity

Interpret your scale’s concurrent validity.Use your concurrent validity results from your analysis and any that were reported in the papers from your test/literature summary to support your interpretation.

Predictive Validity – Criterion-Related Validity

Interpret your scale’s predictive validity.Use your predictive validity results from your analysis and any that were reported in the papers from your test/literature summary to support your interpretation.

Distinctive Groups – Construct Validity

Interpret your scale’s distinctive groups – construct validity.Use your distinctive groups – construct validity results from your analysis and any that were reported in the papers from your test/literature summary to support your interpretation.

Convergent/Discriminant Validity– Construct Validity

Interpret your scale’s convergent/discriminant validity.Use your convergent/discriminant validity results from your analysis and any that were reported in the papers from your test/literature summary to support your interpretation.

Previous Work

In this section you will present the results from the previous literature (2 articles from the test/literature summary).You can also discuss these results within the appropriate sections. For instance, you could refer to the prior work’s concurrent validity, predictive validity, construct validity, convergent validity or discriminant validity section.

Recommendations

You will end the paper with your overall recommendations.You will describe some explanation for results that may not be consistent with the fact that the scale is reliability or valid in some categories.You will talk about appropriate uses for the scale and/or if changes are needed to the scale.