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Predictive validity is one approach of criterion validity that predicts individual performance on some measure scores administered at a later date.
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Predictive validity and concurrent validity are two approaches of criterion validity. Criterion validity describes how a test effectively estimates an examinee’s performance on some outcome measure(s). The outcome measure, called a criterion, is the main variable of interest in the analysis. The test scores are truly useful if they can provide a basis for precise prediction of some criteria. Predictive validity is similar to concurrent validity, as both of them are commonly interpreted as correlations between a test and the relevant criteria (McIntire and Miller 2005). Concurrent validity and predictive validity are only different in the time that the two tests are measured.
In predictive validity, the scores on a scale applied earlier are meant to predict scores on some later measure (Cronbach and Meehl 1955). For...
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Lin, WL., Yao, G. (2014). Predictive Validity. In: Michalos, A.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_2241
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