Evaluating Operational Definitions When a Researcher Develops an Assessment Scale

question 69

Multiple Choice

Evaluating Operational Definitions When a researcher develops an assessment scale to help parole boards decide which prisoners would be safest to parole, she should be most concerned with the measure's

• A)construct validity.
• B)content validity.
• C)face validity.
• D)predictive validity.

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