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* “one of the major deities in the pantheon of the psychometrician...”
* “one of the major deities in the pantheon of the psychometrician...”
(Ebel, 1961, p. 640)
* “the most fundamental consideration in developing and evaluating tests”
(AERA, APA, NCME, 1999, p. 9)
Notes:
These two quotes highlight the importance of validity in measurement and assessment. The first of these quotes is by a renowned psychometrician, Robert Ebel. The second quote is from the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing.