You Want to Conduct a Study to Examine Whether an Existing

question 26

Multiple Choice

You want to conduct a study to examine whether an existing measure, the Job Knowledge Scale (JKS) , is valid, such that it predicts job performance.However, you are unable to collect enough data to make any meaningful conclusions.Therefore, you decide to get evidence through a meta-analysis of other studies that have examined its validity.Which of the following will you most likely conduct?

• A) fairness analysis
• B) validity generalization study
• C) qualitative analysis
• D) psychometric assessment

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