Validation Program
Our multi-stage validation roadmap to move from research beta to an empirically calibrated psychometric instrument.
Research Beta & Architecture Freeze
60-item master bank established. Pure, deterministic scoring engine implemented. Model independence enforced. Baseline 0–100 continuous scales deployed without claiming population percentiles.
Exploratory & Confirmatory Factor Analysis (EFA / CFA)
Collection of voluntary anonymous research donations (target N = 2,500) to verify factor loadings. Items exhibiting low discrimination, multi-loading ambiguity, or context variance will be retired and replaced under version control.
Test-Retest Stability & Measurement Error
Measurement of 2-week and 8-week test-retest reliability (rtt). Calculation of Standard Errors of Measurement (SEM) per axis to replace provisional descriptive clarity thresholds with empirical confidence intervals.
Norm Set Calibration & Percentile Reporting
Stratified demographic sampling to build defensible population norm sets. Once calibrated, reports will display versioned population percentiles (e.g. “84th percentile, U.S. Adult Norm Set 2027-A”) alongside continuous scale scores.