Your Friend Alanna Says That When Examining Validity, You Always

question 62

Multiple Choice

Your friend Alanna says that when examining validity, you always want to see positive correlations. Why is she wrong?

• A)Both the strength and the direction of a correlation matter when examining validity.
• B)The strength of a correlation matters, but the direction of a correlation does not matter.
• C)Negative correlations are desirable when examining validity.
• D)Correlations are not used to examine validity.

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