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[http://www.internalchange.com or email](http://www.internalchange.com or email) us at [inscapeproducts@internalchange.com](inscapeproducts@internalchange.com)  \nPhone: 1-(874)-259-0005 or toll-free in the USA at 1-(877)-DISC-Online [1-(877)-347-2665] . Fax us at: 1-(312) 873-3868  \nDiSC ® Validation  \nResearch Report  \nDiSC® Validation Research Report  \n©2005 by Inscape Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright secured in the US and foreign countries.  \n“DiSC,”“Inscape Publishing,” and the Inscape logo are registered trademarks of Inscape Publishing, Inc. Permission to reproduce only when used in conjunction with DiSC® Classic or DiSC PPSS.  \nDiSC VALIDATION  \nDiSC® Validation Reseach Report Table of Contents  \nPage  \nDiSC® Validation ..................................................................................................................... 1  \nValidation .......................................................................................................................... 1  \nReliability ..........................................................................................................................2  \nValidity...............................................................................................................................4  \nConstruct Validity.........................................................................................................4  \nScale Intercorrelations.................................................................................................4  \nMultidimensional Scaling.............................................................................................5  \nFactor Analysis ............................................................................................................6  \nCorrelations with Other Instruments............................................................................6  \nNorms and Group Comparisons.......................................................................................9  \nScoring the DiSC Profile................................................................................................. 12  \nAppendix 1......................................................................................................................14  \nAppendix 2......................................................................................................................16  \n© 2004 by Inscape Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. i  \nii © 2004 by Inscape Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.  \nDiSC VALIDATION  \nValidation  \nPsychological instruments are used to measure abstract qualities that we can’t touch or see, like intelligence, dominance, or honesty. So how do researchers evaluate these instruments? How do we know whether such tools are actually providing accurate information about these characteristics or just generating haphazard feedback that sounds believable? Simply put, if an instrument is indeed useful and accurate, it should meet a variety of different standards that have been established by the scientific community throughout the years. Validation is the process through which researchers assess the quality of a psychological instrument by testing the tool against these different standards. This paper is designed to help you understand these different standards and see how Inscape’s DiSC® instruments perform under examination. Note that the research referenced here has been done on the DiSC Classic instrument. Because it uses the same response page, this research is equally relevant to the DiSC PPSS instrument.  \nValidation asks two fundamental questions:  \n1. How reliable is the tool? That is, researchers ask if an instrument measures in away that is consistent and dependable. If the results from a tool contain a lot of random variation, it will be deemed less reliable.  \n2. How valid is the tool? That is, researchers ask if an instr","cbCaiq9CPpeqEYPa","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiq9CPpeqEYPa","pdf",236853,22,"English","# DiSC® Validation\n## Validation\n## Reliability\n## Validity\n## Construct Validity\n## Scale Intercorrelations\n## Multidimensional Scaling\n## Factor Analysis\n## Correlations with Other Instruments\n## Norms and Group Comparisons\n## Scoring the DiSC Profile\n## Appendix 1\n## Appendix 2","[{\"question\":\"What does “validation” mean in this report?\",\"answer\":\"Validation is the process of assessing a psychological instrument by testing the tool against multiple established standards. It is used to judge whether DiSC instruments perform accurately under examination.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the difference between reliability and validity?\",\"answer\":\"Reliability is the consistency and dependability of the instrument’s results. 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