When Measures of Unrelated Constructs Do Not Correlate with Each

question 19

Multiple Choice

When measures of unrelated constructs do not correlate with each other, _________ is demonstrated.

• A) divergent validity
• B) convergent validity
• C) discriminant validity
• D) concurrent validity

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