Glossary · Meaning and specification
ConstructC
1ClaimThe latent property an evaluation intends to measure: a capability, risk, quality, preference, or behavior. Scores and artifacts are observations of it, never the construct itself.
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Handbook · ClaimConstructs, facets, and nuisancesDefine what the score should respond to, and just as carefully what it must ignore. Your nuisance list is your discriminant test plan.Where it comes up
- Evaluation is measurementHandbook · Foundations
- The evaluator systemHandbook · Foundations
- Vocabulary without category errorsHandbook · Foundations
- Marr's levels for evaluationHandbook · Foundations
- Specification: what counts as successHandbook · Instrument
- Rubrics and criterion cardsHandbook · Instrument
- The validity argumentHandbook · Validation
- Frame review and governanceHandbook · Lifecycle
- Inverse evaluation designHandbook · Practice
- Anti-patterns and failure vocabularyHandbook · Practice
- D: Autonomous research agentHandbook · Case studies
- Notation and formula cardHandbook · Reference
- CrosswalkHandbook · Reference
- The frameworkPage