To Measure the Validity of a Test, an Investigator Might

question 114

Multiple Choice

To measure the validity of a test, an investigator might determine whether

• A) the people who score high on a test one time will score high again the next time they take it.
• B) the test provides scores that are equally fair to all the people who take it.
• C) the scores provide a useful prediction of some other behavior.
• D) the test scores follow the normal distribution.

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