Psicothema was founded in Asturias (northern Spain) in 1989, and is published jointly by the Psychology Faculty of the University of Oviedo and the Psychological Association of the Principality of Asturias (Colegio Oficial de Psicología del Principado de Asturias).
We currently publish four issues per year, which accounts for some 100 articles annually. We admit work from both the basic and applied research fields, and from all areas of Psychology, all manuscripts being anonymously reviewed prior to publication.
Joseph Rios and Craig Wells
University of Massachusetts Amherst (USA)
Background: Validity evidence based on the internal structure of an assessment is one of the five forms of validity evidence stipulated in the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing of the American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association, and National Council on Measurement in Education. In this paper, we describe the concepts underlying internal structure and the statistical methods for gathering and analyzing internal structure. Method: An in-depth description of the traditional and modern techniques for evaluating the internal structure of an assessment. Results: Validity evidence based on the internal structure of an assessment is necessary for building a validity argument to support the use of a test for a particular purpose. Conclusions: The methods described in this paper provide practitioners with a variety of tools for assessing dimensionality, measurement invariance and reliability for an educational test or other types of assessment.
Evidencia de validez basada en la estructura interna. Antecedentes: la evidencia de validez basada en la estructura interna de una evaluación es una de las cinco formas de evidencias de validez estipuladas en los Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing de la American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association, and National Council on Measurement in Education. En este artículo describimos los conceptos que subyacen a la estructura interna y los métodos estadísticos para analizarla. Método: una descripción detallada de las técnicas tradicionales y modernas para evaluar la estructura interna de una evaluación. Resultados: la evidencia de validez basada en la estructura interna de una evaluación es necesaria para elaborar un argumento de validez que apoye el uso de un test para un objetivo particular. Conclusiones: los métodos descritos en este artículo aportan a los profesionales una variedad de herramientas para evaluar la dimensionalidad, invarianza de la medida y fiabilidad de un test educativo u otro tipo de evaluación.
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https://doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2013.260