The Civil Service Act of 1883 Attempted to Pattern Government

question 27

Multiple Choice

The Civil Service Act of 1883 attempted to pattern government hiring after practices found in ________.

• A) business
• B) the Catholic Church
• C) Congress
• D) local government
• E) the military

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Definitions:

Divergent Validity

A measure of validity that ensures an assessment does not strongly correlate with tests from unrelated constructs, thus proving its specificity.

Operational Definition

Definition of a concept that specifies the method used to measure or manipulate the concept.

Reactive Validity

The extent to which the act of measuring influences the measurement or behavior being observed.

Construct Validity

Construct validity is the extent to which a test measures what it claims to be measuring, reflecting the accuracy of an operationalization of a theoretical construct.