Validity Evidence for Measurement in Mathematics Education

Last updated on Jun 7, 2023
Project Site

I have been a member of a large team that is documenting validity evidence for instruments and tests used in mathematics and statistics education. The larger project is funded by grants from the National Science Foundation under Grant No. (DRL #1644314 [PI: Jonathan Bostic], #1920619 [PI: Erin Krupa], & #1920621 [PI: Jonathan Bostic]). I began participating in this project at the 2017 V-M²ED Conference in San Antonio, Texas.

stat-ed math-ed validity other inactive
Douglas Whitaker
Douglas Whitaker
Associate Professor of Statistics

Publications

Validity Evidence for Statistics Education Instruments: Findings and Best Practices.
Appropriate validity evidence is essential when interpreting scores from tests and instruments. In statistics education, the …
Charlotte Bolch, Hartono Tjoe, Stephanie Casey, Douglas Whitaker, Leigh Harrell-Williams, Christopher Engledowl, Taylor Mulé, Justine Piontek
Project DOI Full Text
Validity Evidence for Statistics Education Instruments: Findings and Best Practices.
The search for validity evidence for instruments in statistics education: Preliminary findings
Interpreting results from instruments requires appropriate validity evidence. However, evolution in the fields of educational …
Douglas Whitaker, Charlotte Bolch, Leigh Harrell-Williams, Stephanie Casey, Corinne Huggins-Manley, Christopher Engledowl, Hartono Tjoe
Project DOI Full Text
The search for validity evidence for instruments in statistics education: Preliminary findings
Design and validation arguments for the Student Survey of Motivational Attitudes toward Statistics (S-SOMAS) instrument
This chapter describes the development plan for a new survey designed to measure students’ attitudes toward statistics aligned with …
Douglas Whitaker, Alana Unfried, Marjorie Bond
PDF Cite Project Project DOI
Design and validation arguments for the Student Survey of Motivational Attitudes toward Statistics (S-SOMAS) instrument

Events

Validity Evidence for Statistics Education Instruments: Findings and Best Practices
Appropriate validity evidence is essential when interpreting scores from tests and instruments. In statistics education, the …
Sep 13, 2022 — Rosario, Argentina/Virtual Hybrid (ICOTS 11)
Charlotte Bolch, Hartono Tjoe, Stephanie Casey, Douglas Whitaker, Leigh Harrell-Williams, Chris Engledowl, Taylor Mulé, Justine Piontek
Project
Validity Evidence for Statistics Education Instruments: Findings and Best Practices
Assessing the Modern Student: Using a Modern Measurement Theory Framework When Choosing a Measure for Classroom or Research Use
In modern statistics and data science classes, we teach students to be critical about the source of their data. Along the same lines, …
May 19, 2022 — Virtual (eCOTS 2022)
Leigh Harrell-Williams, Taylore Mule', Stephanie Casey, Charlotte Bolch, Douglas Whitaker
Project
Assessing the Modern Student: Using a Modern Measurement Theory Framework When Choosing a Measure for Classroom or Research Use
The search for validity evidence for instruments in statistics education: preliminary findings
Interpreting results from instruments requires appropriate validity evidence. However, evolution in the fields of educational …
Sep 2, 2021 — Virtual (IASE Satellite 2021)
Douglas Whitaker, Charlotte Bolch, Leigh Harrell-Williams, Stephanie Casey, Corinne Huggins-Manley, Christopher Engledowl, Hartono Tjoe
Project Slides
The search for validity evidence for instruments in statistics education: preliminary findings
Expanding Opportunities: Facilitating Discussions to Improve Measurement Practices in Statistics Education Research
It has long been recognized that applied measurement in social science research is widely misunderstood and that measurement theory, …
Jun 30, 2021 — Virtual (USCOTS 2021)
Leigh Harrell-Williams, Corinne Manley, Hartono Tjoe, Stephanie Casey, Christopher Engledowl, Douglas Whitaker, Charlotte Bolch
Project
Expanding Opportunities: Facilitating Discussions to Improve Measurement Practices in Statistics Education Research