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Published on: April 24, 2017
Content validity of the Visual Similes Test II
Suzanne Woods-Groves1, Ronald C Eaves, Thomas O Williams
1Department of Rehabilitation and Special Education, 1228 Haley Center, Auburn University, AL 36849, USA. eaves11@charter.net
Abstract:
This study examined the content validity of the Visual Similes Test II, designed to measure affective and cognitive arousal in individuals 5 to 21 years of age. The 54 participants were asked to rate the affective and cognitive content of unoccluded stimuli from the Visual Similes Test II. The participants, whose mean age was 27.0 yr. (SD=8.6), included 1 (2%) man and 53 (98%) women who were enrolled in undergraduate and graduate special education courses. Paired-sample t tests comparing the affective and cognitive ratings for each item were significant for 53 of the 55 stimuli. The mean effect size (Cohen d) was 1.49 (range = .08 to 1.9).
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