Assessment in multicultural groups : The South African case
By A.J.R. Van der Vijver, S. Rothmann. 2004
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It is argued that the 1998 Employment Equity Act, in which the onus of the proof to demonstrate the adequacy of psychometric instruments is on psychology as a profession, creates daunting tasks, but also creates unique opportunities. Recent developments in the assessment of multicultural groups are described, with an emphasis on procedures to enhance the validity of measures for all groups involved and on procedures to examine validity. Bias and equivalence are treated as key concepts in multicultural assessment. Four kinds of procedures for dealing with multicultural assessment (namely, establishing equivalence of existing instruments, defining new norms, developing new instruments, and studying validity-threatening factors in multicultural assessment) are described and illustrated.
Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology
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- Psychological capital: internal and external validity of the Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ-24) on a South African sample (2013, background): “In South Africa, psychologists are required to be proactively involved in providing evidence that the tests are fair and unbiased (Van de Vijver & Rothmann, 2004).”