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  title info:
    title: Evidence of construct-related validity for assessment centers
    sub title: More pieces of the inferential pie
  name:
    name part: Archuleta, Kathryn.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Arthur, Winfred, Jr.
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 2010
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: Much research has been conducted on the topic of the construct-related validity of assessment centers, however a definitive conclusion has yet to be drawn. The central question of this debate is whether assessment centers are measuring the dimensions they are designed to measure. The present study attempted to provide more evidence toward the improvement of construct-related validity. The first hypothesis involved determining whether opportunity to observe and opportunity to behave influenced discriminant and convergent validity. The second hypothesis addressed the debate over evaluation method and examined which method, within-exercise or within-dimension, yielded more favorable internal construct-related validity evidence. The third hypothesis explored the call for exercise scoring in assessment centers and compared the criterion-related validity of exercise versus dimension scores within the same assessment center. Finally, the fourth objective looked at the relationship of the stability of the dimensions with internal construct-related validity, specifically convergent validity evidence. A developmental assessment center used in two applied settings supplied the data. Two administrations of the assessment center were conducted for low to mid-level managers in a state agency (N = 31). Five administrations were conducted in a professional graduate school of public administration that prepares students for leadership and managerial positions in government and public service (N = 108). The seven administrations yielded a total sample size of 139 participants. Analysis of multi-trait-multi-method (MTMM) matrices revealed that, as hypothesized, a lack of opportunity to behave within exercises, operationalized using behavior counts, yielded poor discriminant validity. Assessor ratings of opportunity to observe and behave did not produce hypothesized results. Consistent with the second hypothesis, secondary assessors, who represented the within-dimension evaluation meth…
  note: by Kathryn Archuleta.
  note: "Major Subject: Psychology"
  note: Title from author supplied metadata (automated record created 2010-08-20 08:31:34).
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Doctor of Philosophy Texas A&M University 2009 http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2009-05-579
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  note: Text (Dissertation)
  subject:
    topic: Major psychology
  subject:
    topic: personality
  subject:
    topic: construct validity
  subject:
    topic: opportunity to behave
  subject:
    topic: assessment center
  subject:
    topic: evaluation method
  identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2009-05-579
  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 100902
    record change date: 20151201154946.0
    record identifier: in00002600432