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ERIC Number: EJ543827
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Designing and Validating a Measure of Moral Judgment: Stage Preference and Stage Consistency Approaches.
Rest, James; And Others
Journal of Educational Psychology, v89 n1 p5-28 Mar 1997
The Defining Issues Test (DIT) of moral judgment, a stage preference approach, is compared with the Moral Judgment Test (MJT) widely used in Europe. The MJT is a stage consistency test. Construct validity is defined in terms of seven types of studies, which support use of the stage preference approach. (SLD)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Comparative Analysis, Ethics, Moral Values, Test Construction, Test Use, Test Validity, Value Judgment
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Defining Issues Test; Moral Judgment Test; Stage Consistency Test; Stage Preference Approach
Note: Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Ethical Development, University of Minnesota.