Answer to Question #243377 in Other for Briezzie

Question

Identify the type of validity, if any, that is being explored in each activity described below. Write the appropriate letter on the line to the left of each description.

 

Choices:

1 = content validity

2 = criterion-related evidence of validity (concurrent or predictive)

3 = Does not deal with validity

• A college admission officer correlated scores on a scholastic aptitude test, which was administered prior to admission to college, with grade-point averages attained at the end of the sophomore year in college.

• A new cheerfulness scale was administered to a group of medical students, all of whom lived in the same dorm. At about the same time, roommates of the examinees were asked to rate the characteristic cheerfulness of the examinees. Scores obtained by using the scale were correlated with the ratings.

                 

Answer 1

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