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Researcher Christine Williams Looked at Patterns of Occupational Sex Segregation

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Researcher Christine Williams looked at patterns of occupational sex segregation by examining the ways large-scale social structures create the constraints within which individuals live their lives. Her work would be characterized as what kind of sociology?


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Construct Validity

The degree to which a test or instrument accurately measures the theoretical construct or trait it is intended to measure.

Predictive Validity

The construct validity of a measure is assessed by examining the ability of the measure to predict a future behavior.

Discriminant Validity

The extent to which a concept differs from other concepts that are similar, ensuring that the measure is not reflecting other variables.

Convergent Validity

The degree to which two measures of constructs that theoretically should be related, are in fact related.

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