HYPOTHESIZED RELATIONSHIPS

• Similar method of construct validation

involves testing hypothesized relationships,
often on the basis of theory.
• A variant of known-groups approach, which
involves hypotheses about relationship bet.
The measure of the construct and a variable
representing group membership.
 The researchers might reason as
follows:
• According to the theory, construct X is
positively related to construct Y.
• Instrument A is a mesure of construct X;
instrument B is a measure of Construct Y.
• Scores on A and B are correlated positively, as
predicted.
• Therefore, it is inferred that A and B are valid
measures of X and Y.
 CONVERGENT AND DISCRIMINANT
VALIDITY
• Multitrait-multimethod matrix method
(MTMM). This procedure involves the
concepts of convergence and discriminability.
• Convergence – is evidence that different
methods of measuring a construct yield
similar results.
• Discriminability - is the ability to differentiate
the construct from other similar constructs.
• In using this approach, researchers must
measure the critical concept by two or more
methods. Suppose we measured need for
autonomy in nursing home residents by:
1.Giving a sample of residents a self-report
summated rating scale ( the measure we are
attempting to validate)
2.Asking nurses to rate residents after observing
them in a task designed to elicit autonomy or
dependence.
3. Having residents react to a pictorial
(projective) stimulus depicting an autonomy-
relevant situation.