What Does It Mean to Say That a Particular Test

question 105

Multiple Choice

What does it mean to say that a particular test has high predictive validity?

• A) The scores enable us to predict performance on some other task.
• B) Nearly everyone who takes the test thinks it is fair.
• C) Psychologists have measured the mean and the standard deviation for a large, randomly chosen population.
• D) People who take the test repeatedly get approximately the same scores each time.

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