Investigating substantive validity evidence using action-project method for the goal attainment scaling measure
department or school: Education, Faculty of
department or school: Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of
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degree campus: UBCV
creator: Shankar, Sneha
issued: 2019-09-27T15:40:28Z
issued: 2019
related degree: Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: One aspect of validation is response processes, which examine individuals’ interactions with a measure. Current research on response processes tends to focus on tool interpretations as a function of one user. It is unclear how validation processes consider another user who may also be involved with use of a tool. My dissertation applies the Action-Project Method (APM) to investigate the way two people engage with the Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) measure. Using APM, this dissertation captures an array of response process information and delves into the goal construct that is evaluated by the GAS. Chapter One introduces the main components of this dissertation: validity, APM, and GAS. I explain why APM is suitable to study response processes, and how it will provide access to the joint processes of individuals using the GAS. Chapter Two starts by exploring how validity evidence has been gathered for the GAS. I show the ways researchers have investigated validity for a measure used between two people and highlight gaps in evidence. I discover that a clear goal construct has not been identified as most validity evidence reports on relations of the GAS to other variables. This review demonstrates that validity evidence does not consider the influence of theory or response processes, which limits the inferences that can be made about the GAS. Chapter Three aims to bridge the identified gap in validity evidence using an innovative method to explore response processes. APM is used to examine how and why a sample of therapists engage with the GAS. The complexity of interacting with the GAS is unveiled, as well as the assumption that the construct underlying the GAS is dually goal intentions and goal attainment. The final Chapter describes how the concepts and methods come together, novel contributions, limitations, and implications for researchers. Overall, this dissertation advances validity research through its application of a novel method to investigate response process…
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note: INVESTIGATING SUBSTANTIVE VALIDITY EVIDENCE USING ACTION-PROJECT METHOD FOR THE GOAL ATTAINMENT SCALING MEASURE by Sneha Shankar BSc., University of Waterloo, 2003 MSc., University of Waterloo, 2006 MOT, University of British Columbia, 2008 A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL STUDIES (Measurement, Evaluation and Research Methodology) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver) September 2019 © Sneha Shankar, 2019 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for acceptance, the dissertation entitled: Investigating Substantive Validity Evidence Using Action-Project Method for the Goal Attainment Scaling Measure submitted by Sneha Shankar in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Measurement, Evaluation and Research Methodology Examining Committee: Sheila K. Marshall, Social Work Supervisor Bruno D. Zumbo, Measurement, Evaluation and Research Methodology Supervisory Committee Member Richard A. Young, Counselling Psychology Supervisory Committee Member Sterett H. Mercer, Special Education University Examiner Chris Lovato, School of Population and Public Health University Examiner iii Abstract One aspect of validation is response processes, which examine individuals’ interactions with a measure. Current research on response processes tends to focus on tool interpretations as a function of one user. It is unclear how validation processes consider another user who may also be involved with use of a tool. My dissertation applies the Action-Project Method (APM) to investigate the way two people engage with the Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) measure. Using APM, this dissertation captures an array of response process information and delves into the goal construct that is evaluated by the GAS. Chapter One introduces the main components of this…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2019-11
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0381028
language: eng
degree discipline: Measurement, Evaluation and Research Methodology
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
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scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/71788