Courses / Assessment Methods & Selection
10. Content Validity
Establishing that assessment content adequately samples the job domain and tasks it intends to measure.
Assessment Design / Talent Acquisition
Content Validity
Content validity means the test tasks actually represent the real work the job requires.
"I want the exercise we give candidates to match what they'll actually do on the job, not a vague quiz."
Content validity is the degree to which assessment content samples the important knowledge, skills, and tasks of the target job domain so inferences from scores map to actual job performance.
"I want the exercise we give candidates to match what they'll actually do on the job, not a vague quiz."
Content validity is the degree to which assessment content samples the important knowledge, skills, and tasks of the target job domain so inferences from scores map to actual job performance.