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A validity claim record

Write the score and its rule, the attribute and the decision, the evidence by kind, the rivals considered and the label the evidence supports in separate fields.

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Figure 3A validity claim record

A five-column worksheet for recording a validity claim: the score and how it is computed, the attribute it is read as and the decision it feeds, the evidence by kind, the rival explanations considered, and the label the evidence supports.Score and ruleWhich score,computed how,from whichinputs, in whichversion?Attribute and useWhich attribute isit read as, andwhich decisiondoes that feed?Evidence by kindContent, response process,criterion, convergent, discriminant,known groups, manipulation,nomological: what did each show?Rivals consideredWhat else could moveit (size, method,recording), and whatrules that out?Supported labelWhich label holdstoday: theattribute, anarrower one, orprediction only?A score whose label is broader than its evidence is a claim, not a measure. Narrow the label before the decision, notafter.

Source: Author's decision worksheet. The interpretation, substantiation and evidence fields follow the reporting goals in Cronbach and Meehl (1955), p. 297; the rivals field follows Messick (1995), p. 746, on discriminant evidence, and Cronbach and Meehl (1955), p. 297, on alternative interpretations considered and rejected; the evidence kinds follow MacKenzie, Podsakoff and Podsakoff (2011), p. 317. The fields are reader inputs; no company data is supplied.

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Isoglu, S. (2026). A validity claim record [Figure]. isoglu.com. https://isoglu.com/insights/exhibits/isoglu-2026-what-is-measurement-validity-fig03/

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@misc{isoglu-2026-what-is-measurement-validity-fig03,
  author = {Isoglu, Sinan},
  title = {{A validity claim record}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Figure 3, isoglu.com},
  url = {https://isoglu.com/insights/exhibits/isoglu-2026-what-is-measurement-validity-fig03/},
  note = {From the essay {What is measurement validity?}}
}
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  <figcaption>Figure 3: A validity claim record. Source: Author&#39;s decision worksheet. The interpretation, substantiation and evidence fields follow the reporting goals in Cronbach and Meehl (1955), p. 297; the rivals field follows Messick (1995), p. 746, on discriminant evidence, and Cronbach and Meehl (1955), p. 297, on alternative interpretations considered and rejected; the evidence kinds follow MacKenzie, Podsakoff and Podsakoff (2011), p. 317. The fields are reader inputs; no company data is supplied. <a href="https://isoglu.com/insights/exhibits/isoglu-2026-what-is-measurement-validity-fig03/">View exhibit</a>.</figcaption>
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