The Proportion of Variation in the Criterion That Is Knowable

question 78

Multiple Choice

The proportion of variation in the criterion that is knowable in advance from knowledge of the test scores can be found by

• A)construct-irrelevant variance.
• B)the validity coefficient.
• C)squaring the validity coefficient.
• D)the square root of the validity coefficient.

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