Content Validity Refers To

question 13

Multiple Choice

Content validity refers to:

• A) a comparison of measures to some external criterion
• B) an empirical measure that may or may not agree with our common understanding of a particular concept
• C) the degree to which a measure covers the range of meanings included within the concepts
• D) the basis of logical relationships among variables

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Definitions:

Carleton University

A public research university located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, known for its programs in engineering, business, and arts.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability within a set of values, indicating how much individual values differ from the mean.

Correlation

A statistic that measures the degree to which two variables move in relation to each other.

Nonlinear

A term describing the relationship between variables where the effect of changing one variable on another is not constant; it does not follow a straight line.