A Researcher Develops a New Instrument to Measure Coping Skills

question 12

Multiple Choice

A researcher develops a new instrument to measure coping skills and conducts a pilot study to compare the new tool with an existing tool that measures this concept.This is an example of evidence of validity from

• A) contrasting groups.
• B) convergence.
• C) divergence.
• D) readability.

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Definitions:

Desegregated Regiments

Military units in which members of different races are integrated, as opposed to segregated units which were racially divided.

Platt Amendment

An amendment to a U.S. Army appropriations bill in 1901, establishing the terms under which the United States would end its military occupation of Cuba and "guarantee" Cuban independence.

Military Occupation

The control and possession of a territory by a foreign military force.

Insular Cases

A series of early 20th-century Supreme Court decisions that determined the applicability of the U.S. Constitution to territories acquired by the United States, notably ruling that full constitutional rights do not automatically extend to all areas under American control.