MEANING
The additional predictive value a measure provides beyond information already supplied by other measures.
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Name added predictive value beyond existing measures.A precise phrase for deciding whether a new scale contributes more than a familiar predictor.
Words that belong together
- test incremental validity
- demonstrate incremental validity
- incremental validity over an existing measure
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The new assessment showed incremental validity after age and baseline scores were entered first.
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- Base
- incremental validity
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Usage notes
The claim is comparative: the measure must add prediction beyond specified existing information, not merely correlate with an outcome.
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