A Researcher Develops a Survey to Measure Political Ideology on a 7-Point

question 1

Multiple Choice

A researcher develops a survey to measure political ideology on a 7-point scale from strong liberal to strong conservative. The result provides an accurate measure of the ideology of the individuals in the study. This is an example of ______.

• A) construct validity
• B) face validity
• C) political validity
• D) concept validity

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