Annamarie Is Completing a Test in Her General Psychology Class

question 90

Multiple Choice

Annamarie is completing a test in her general psychology class and, based on the questions, she is pretty sure the test is measuring interest in risk taking. This would be an example of:

• A) content validity.
• B) face validity.
• C) construct validity.
• D) criterion validity.

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