A Researcher Is Developing a Scale to Reflect Satisfaction with Police

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Multiple Choice

A researcher is developing a scale to reflect satisfaction with police services. Which activity will yield an indication of the new scale's construct validity?

• A) comparing scores on the new scale of satisfaction to scores on an established scale of satisfaction
• B) asking experts in the field whether it looks like it measures satisfaction
• C) comparing scores on the first half of the scale to scores on the second half
• D) determining whether the scale fits logically into relationships among variables related to satisfaction

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