Questioning the Consensus Definition of Validity

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Notes

¹ Borsboom et al. (2009) identified this dilemma, taking it to be a fundamental flaw of the construct validity model. As the focus article explained, this is not a problem just as long as validity is defined with sufficient clarity.

²Incidentally, in response to a comment from Markus, I use the term entail only because it is used explicitly in the consensus definition of validity (see American Educational Research Association et al., 1999, p. 9). I interpret it to mean require, that is, the interpretation required by the intended use of results.