What Is Empirical Validity in Testing

question 15

Multiple Choice

What is empirical validity in testing?

• A) a measure of how effectively a test relates to some other measure
• B) the content is sampled in the test in a representational way
• C) the test measures what it claims to be measuring
• D) the test scores are consistent when the same student retake the test

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Definitions:

Ethnomethodologists

Scholars who study how people use everyday interactions to construct a shared social reality.

Institutions

Structures or mechanisms of social order and cooperation governing the behavior of a set of individuals within a given human community.

Ethnomethodological

Pertaining to a sociological approach that studies the methods people use in everyday life to create a sense of social order and understanding.

Institutional Settings

The structured and established environments, including rules, roles, and norms, where organized social, educational, or professional activities take place.