Suppose That You Want to Evaluate the Discriminant Validity of a Self-Report

question 4

Multiple Choice

Suppose that you want to evaluate the discriminant validity of a self-report Laziness scale.Which of the following results for this scale would be evidence that it has good discriminant validity?

• A)It correlates -.50 with observer reports of Hardworkingness.
• B)It correlates -.50 with observer reports of Sociability.
• C)It correlates .00 with observer reports of Hardworkingness.
• D)It correlates .00 with observer reports of Sociability.
• E)None of the above;these correlations are relevant to reliability,not validity.

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