Adequate Test Design

the term “adequate test design” to referto evidence of

appropriate test content, evidence that test takers employ
proper response processes to answer a question, and
evidenceof acceptable test reliability.
1-Content evidence of validity
Evidence for a test’s validity includes the extent to
which a test’s content addresses what should be measured
2 - Response-process evidence of validity.
The standard practice in measuring mental abilities is
to ask people to solve problems and then compare their
answers to a criterion of correctness. Such ability testing
elicits a response process in which a person demonstrates
an ability by actively solving the problem and then
recording a correct answer.
3- Reliability of emotional intelligence measures.
Reliability refers to the consistency with which a test
measures; without consistency, measurement is
compromised.
--One way to assess reliability is through a scale’s
internal consistency—that is, whether a participant’s
responses are consistent across items.
--A second sort of reliability—test-retest reliability—
concerns consistency across time.

Measuarement issues regarding mixed – model scales

+Conceptual Issues:
– Mixed model scales those that mix in attributes from
outside EI ,have their own specific measurement
characterictis and conern
– Mixed Model all are operationalized with self-
judgment scales rather than ability items.
+ indicative findings
– The Mixed model`s self – judgment
question,combined with their diverse content -> leads
to measure that are difficult to access emperically and
doesn`t predict ability assesment of EI well