Convergent Validity Is

question 49

Multiple Choice

Convergent validity is

• A)demonstrated by showing how well the content of the test samples the subject matter.
• B)demonstrated by correlating independent measures of the same construct.
• C)demonstrated by the goodness of the predictions made with the measure.
• D)demonstrated by the stability in scores exhibited by the measure.
• E)never demonstrated.

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Definitions:

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