constructo

English translation: construct

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Spanish term or phrase:constructo
English translation:construct
Entered by: Lisa McCarthy

08:16 Jan 18, 2013
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Mathematics & Statistics
Spanish term or phrase: constructo
Good morning everyone,

I'm translating a case study report and I'm unsure about the term construct which keeps cropping up in the parts of the text which deal with statistics. Here's some context:


Dado que el valor del KMO es considerado como válido en bastantes publicaciones de impacto, se procedió a delimitar la validez de constructo, utilizando el estadístico validez de componentes rotados y seleccionando los ítems con un índice de saturación mayor o igual a 0,5 (tabla nº2).


Your help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
Michael Purvis
construct
Explanation:
Seems to be common usage.

Construct Validity of a Set of Mathematical Superitems. A Report on ...
www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/recordDetail?accno=ED222560
by TA Romberg - 1982 - Cited by 1 - Related articles
ED222560 - Construct Validity of a Set of Mathematical Superitems. A Report on the ... For each question the data strongly support the validity of the construct.



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Validity of the construct of nonverbal memory: a factor-analytic study ...
ukpmc.ac.uk/abstract/MED/1572945
by GE Smith - 1992 - Cited by 41 - Related articles
Validity of the construct of nonverbal memory: a factor-analytic study in a normal .... Assessment of psychological variables by the application of mathematical ...

Construct validity

Construct validity refers to the extent to which operationalizations of a construct (i.e., practical tests developed from a theory) do actually measure what the theory says they do. For example, to what extent is an IQ questionnaire actually measuring "intelligence"?

Construct validity evidence involves the empirical and theoretical support for the interpretation of the construct. Such lines of evidence include statistical analyses of the internal structure of the test including the relationships between responses to different test items. They also include relationships between the test and measures of other constructs. As currently understood, construct validity is not distinct from the support for the substantive theory of the construct that the test is designed to measure. As such, experiments designed to reveal aspects of the causal role of the construct also contribute to construct validity evidence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Validity_(statistics)#Construct...

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construct


Explanation:
Seems to be common usage.

Construct Validity of a Set of Mathematical Superitems. A Report on ...
www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/recordDetail?accno=ED222560
by TA Romberg - 1982 - Cited by 1 - Related articles
ED222560 - Construct Validity of a Set of Mathematical Superitems. A Report on the ... For each question the data strongly support the validity of the construct.



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Note added at 9 minutos (2013-01-18 08:25:49 GMT)
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Validity of the construct of nonverbal memory: a factor-analytic study ...
ukpmc.ac.uk/abstract/MED/1572945
by GE Smith - 1992 - Cited by 41 - Related articles
Validity of the construct of nonverbal memory: a factor-analytic study in a normal .... Assessment of psychological variables by the application of mathematical ...

Construct validity

Construct validity refers to the extent to which operationalizations of a construct (i.e., practical tests developed from a theory) do actually measure what the theory says they do. For example, to what extent is an IQ questionnaire actually measuring "intelligence"?

Construct validity evidence involves the empirical and theoretical support for the interpretation of the construct. Such lines of evidence include statistical analyses of the internal structure of the test including the relationships between responses to different test items. They also include relationships between the test and measures of other constructs. As currently understood, construct validity is not distinct from the support for the substantive theory of the construct that the test is designed to measure. As such, experiments designed to reveal aspects of the causal role of the construct also contribute to construct validity evidence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Validity_(statistics)#Construct...



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