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Title: | The British Ability Scales similarities subtest's content and construct validity for a sample of Zimbabwe school children: a replication and extension study |
Author: | Mpofu, Elias |
Year: | 1994 |
Periodical: | Zimbabwe Journal of Educational Research (ISSN 1013-3445) |
Volume: | 6 |
Issue: | 1 |
Period: | March |
Pages: | 89-113 |
Language: | English |
Notes: | biblio. refs. |
Geographic terms: | Zimbabwe Southern Africa |
Subjects: | psychological tests education Education--Research Psychology of education Ability grouping British Ability Scales |
Abstract: | Transformed item difficulty procedures were used to investigate the content and construct validity of the British Ability Scales similarities subtest for a sample of Zimbabwe school children (N = 436) with the pupils stratified by culture, social class, sex, school grade/age level and geographical location. Although a number of individual items seemed biased in favour of certain sociocultural groups and the British standardization sample, the subtest as a whole had content and construct validity for the study sample. Implications for psychoeducational testing practice in a multicultural context are discussed and suggestions for further research given. App., bibliogr., sum. |