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Internal-structure evidence

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Evidence that score dimensionality, item relations, and aggregation behave as the construct theory predicts. It asks whether one headline number should exist at all, or whether a vector with explicit gates is more defensible.

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Handbook · ValidationSources of validity evidenceFace, content, response-process, internal-structure, convergent, discriminant and criterion evidence, plus the multitrait–multimethod design.
Aggregation geometry
The rule that combines criterion-level signals into a decision: weighted mean, conjunctive gate, lexicographic order, Pareto vector, or tail-risk rule.

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