Several Measures Are Already Available That Assess Coping Skills

question 16

Multiple Choice

Several measures are already available that assess coping skills. In order to prove that a new measure of coping is needed, what type of validity evidence should be provided?

• A)convergent
• B)discriminant
• C)discrete
• D)predictive

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Definitions:

Retries

The number of attempts to perform an action after initial failures.

Variances

A measure of the dispersion of a set of data points around their mean; essentially, it quantifies how much the data points differ from the mean.

Bivariate Distributions

Probability distributions that involve two random variables, analyzing the correlation and dependencies between them.

Expected Values

The predicted value of a variable, calculated as the sum of all possible values each multiplied by the probability of its occurrence.