Suppose You Have Created a New Method of Diagnosing Anxiety

question 41

Multiple Choice

Suppose you have created a new method of diagnosing anxiety disorders. How could you demonstrate that your method is construct valid?

• A) teach several licensed clinicians to use and evaluate your method.
• B) use your method to diagnose the same group of participants repeatedly over the course of several years, and see if you consistently arrive at the same diagnosis for a given individual
• C) have several specialists read about your new technique and invite their opinions
• D) use your method to diagnose a group of participants, then see if your diagnoses match with diagnoses taken from other, established methods

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