Which of the Following Is the Most Accurate Definition of Concurrent

question 11

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the most accurate definition of concurrent validity?

• A)It is an estimate of whether a validity test appears to measure a certain criterion.
• B)It is performed by demonstrating that the questions or problems in a validity test are representative of situations at work.
• C)It assesses the validity of a test by administering it to people already on the job and then correlating test scores with existing measures of each person's performance.
• D)It seeks to establish an empirical relationship between test scores taken prior to being hired and eventual performance on the job.
• E)It refers to the degree to which a measure is correlated with other measures that it is theoretically predicted to correlate.

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Definitions:

Experimental Method

A research methodology that involves manipulating one variable to determine if changes in one variable cause changes in another variable.

Scientific Evidence

Information that has been systematically collected and analyzed according to scientific methods to establish facts or principles.

Meta-Analysis

A statistical technique that combines the results of multiple scientific studies to identify patterns, increase power, or resolve uncertainty.

Replication

The process of duplicating or reproducing scientific research to verify its findings.