The major test components, construction, administration, scoring, and interpretation, are again defined below. Test users are predominantly interested in how they can interpret the data produced by their measurement methods. Nevertheless, that interpretation is linked to how tests are constructed, administered, and scored. Ignorance of these steps opens users to misinterpretations of measurement and assessment data.
Test users should be knowledgeable of these components with each of their measurement methods. Each of these components represent steps in the test usage process that can enhance or subtract from a test’s power to detect a construct of interest.
Table 5
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Construct Definition
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Construction Procedures employed to create a test or other measurement method
Administration Process by which a test user administers a test that is completed by a test-taker
Scoring Method by which test data are assigned to produce a score or category
Interpretation Placing measurement data in a context, or making meaning of data
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