Suppose a Researcher Wants to Measure Whether People Have Experienced

question 16

Multiple Choice

Suppose a researcher wants to measure whether people have experienced racial discrimination in their neighborhood.The researcher might ask questions about whether subjects ever felt they were turned away from renting or buying a home because of their race.The researcher might also ask about whether they have ever been treated unfairly by store clerks or their neighbors.After writing the questions on their survey,the researchers felt they had accurate measures of discrimination because they seemed right.Which kind of validity would they feel they achieved?

• A)face validity
• B)concurrent validity
• C)external reliability
• D)predictive validity

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