Narratives of Construct Validation

1 June 1994

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Evaluation & the Health Professions

Vol. 17 (2) , 222-235
https://doi.org/10.1177/016327879401700206

Abstract

This article presents a critique of the social and political context in which the idea of construct validation developed. Itoutlines the rhetorical as well as the empirical andphilosophical dimensions of the concept Finaly, the essay offers an alternative viewpoint for the conceptulizaton of construct validation and links it to current treatments of the topic by members of the measurement community.

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