ERIC Number: EJ996449
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0655
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Validation as a Pragmatic, Scientific Activity
Kane, Michael T.
Journal of Educational Measurement, v50 n1 p115-122 Spr 2013
This response to the comments contains three main sections, each addressing a subset of the comments. In the first section, I will respond to the comments by Brennan, Haertel, and Moss. All of these comments suggest ways in which my presentation could be extended or improved; I generally agree with their suggestions, so my response to their comments is brief. In the second section, I will respond to suggestions by Newton and Sireci that my framework be simplified by employing only one kind of argument, a validity argument, and dropping the interpretation/use argument (IUA); I am sympathetic to their desire for greater simplicity, but I see considerable value in keeping the IUA as a framework for the validation effort and will argue for keeping both the IUA and the validity argument. In the third section, I will respond to Borsboom and Markus, who raise a fundamental objection to my approach to validation, suggesting that I give too much attention to justification and too little to truth as a criterion for validity; I don't accept their proposed conception of validity, and I will indicate why. (Contains 1 note.)
Descriptors: Validity, Test Interpretation, Test Use, Scores, Inferences, Generalization, Test Results, Decision Making, Beliefs, Ethics, Evidence
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