What Is the Difference Between Content Validity and Predictive Validity

question 13

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between content validity and predictive validity?

• A) Content validity refers to how well a test measures what it sets out to measure and predictive validity refers to how well a test is able to predict other future successes.
• B) Content validity refers to how much content the test covers, and predictive validity refers to future content that will be measured.
• C) Content validity refers to how well the test covers the specific content that it was designed to cover, and predictive validity refers to how well current test scores predict future test scores.
• D) Content validity refers to how well the test scores correlate with some external criterion and predictive validity refers to how well the test scores correlate with some future criterion.

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Definitions:

Investment

Commitment of current resources in the expectation of deriving greater resources in the future.

Effective Annual Rate

The interest rate on an investment or loan which accounts for the effect of compounding over a given period.

Semi-annually Return

The rate of return on an investment calculated by compounding interest twice a year.

Investment

The action or process of allocating resources, usually money, with the expectation of generating an income or profit.