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Convergent validity in the behavioral sciences refers to the degree to which two measures that theoretically should be related, are in fact related. [1] Convergent validity, along with discriminant validity, is a subtype of construct validity. Convergent validity can be established if two similar constructs correspond with one another, while ...
Multiple traits are used in this approach to examine (a) similar or (b) dissimilar traits , in order to establish convergent and discriminant validity between traits. Similarly, multiple methods are used in this approach to examine the differential effects (or lack thereof) caused by method specific variance. Scores could be correlated because ...
Convergent validity refers to the degree to which two measures of constructs that theoretically should be related, are in fact related. In contrast, discriminant validity tests whether concepts or measurements that are supposed to be unrelated are, in fact, unrelated. [19] Take, for example, a construct of general happiness.
The average variance extracted has often been used to assess discriminant validity based on the following "rule of thumb": the positive square root of the AVE for each of the latent variables should be higher than the highest correlation with any other latent variable. If that is the case, discriminant validity is established at the construct ...
For example, the extent to which a test measures intelligence is a question of construct validity. A measure of intelligence presumes, among other things, that the measure is associated with things it should be associated with (convergent validity), not associated with things it should not be associated with (discriminant validity). [7]
Although there is no standard value for discriminant validity, a result less than 0.70 suggests that discriminant validity likely exists between the two scales. A result greater than 0.70, however, suggests that the two constructs overlap greatly and they are likely measuring the same thing, and therefore, discriminant validity between them ...
Convergent validity refers to the observation of strong correlations between two tests that are assumed to measure the same construct. It is the interpretation of the focal test as a predictor that differentiates this type of evidence from convergent validity, though both methods rely on simple correlations in the statistical analysis.
The item–total correlation is the correlation between a scored item and the total test score. It is an item statistic used in psychometric analysis to diagnose assessment items that fail to indicate the underlying psychological trait so that they can be removed or revised. [1]