Purpose-driven validity

Module Series: Evidence-Based Assessment

Module 5 (part 2)

Purpose-driven validity

Presented By: Andrew J. Vermiglio

This module provides an overview of diagnostic accuracy research, focusing on how tests correctly identify or rule out diagnoses. Through foundational and in-depth videos, it covers key concepts like sensitivity, specificity, and evaluating the quality of diagnostic studies, especially in communication disorders.

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About This Module

This module is from a series on Evidence-Based Assessment from the ASHA Clinical Research, Implementation Science, and Evidence-Based Practice (CRISP) Committee.

About ASHA

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is the national professional, scientific, and credentialing association for 241,000 members, certificate holders, and affiliates who are audiologists; speech-language pathologists; speech, language, and hearing scientists; audiology and speech-language pathology assistants; and students.

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