| Type of Document |
Master's Thesis |
| Author |
Trippe, David Matthew
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| Author's Email Address |
dtrippe@vt.edu |
| URN |
etd-11222002-144415 |
| Title |
An evaluation of the construct validity of situational judgment tests |
| Degree |
Master of Science |
| Department |
Psychology |
| Advisory Committee |
| Advisor Name |
Title |
| Foti, Roseanne J. |
Committee Chair |
| Donovan, John J. |
Committee Member |
| Harvey, Robert J. |
Committee Member |
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| Keywords |
- construct validity
- MTMMM
- situational judgment test
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| Date of Defense |
2002-11-08 |
| Availability |
unrestricted |
Abstract
Situational judgment tests are analogous to earlier forms of "high fidelity" simulations such that an ostensible paradox emerges in the consistent finding of criterion-referenced validity but almost complete lack of construct validity evidence. The present study evaluates the extent to which SJT's can demonstrate convergent and discriminant validity by analyzing a SJT from a multitrait-multimethod perspective. A series of hierarchically nested confirmatory factor models were tested. Results indicate that the SJT demonstrates convergent and discriminant validity but also contains non-trivial amounts of construct-irrelevant method variance. Wide variability in the content and validation methods of SJT's are discussed as the reason previous attempts to find construct validity have failed.
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