Just Ask Me: Convergent Validity of Self-Reported Measures of Music Participation. (July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Elpus, Kenneth
• Is Part Of: Journal of research in music education. Volume 65:Number 2(2017:Jul.)
• Page Start: 129
• Page End: 138
• Publication Date: 2017-07
• Subjects: music ensemble participation -- self-reported data -- band -- choir -- chorus -- orchestra -- music education research methodology -- high school transcripts; Music -- Periodicals; Music -- Instruction and study -- United States -- Periodicals; 780.71
• DOI: 10.1177/0022429417713721
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-4294

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the convergent validity of self-reported and objective measures of school music ensemble participation. Self-reported survey responses to a question about high school music ensemble participation and administrative data in the form of high school transcript-indicated ensemble enrollments were compared across N = 62, 110 observations. Cohen's kappa (κ) showed substantial agreement between self-reports and the administrative data. Evidence from the study suggests that self-reports are a valid measure of music ensemble participation, suitable for use in social scientific music education research.