A formal prediction about the relationship between two or more variables is more commonly called a correlation.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 2Most personality research begins with an assessment.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 3A test is said to have good validity if there is good evidence that
A. all the test items are measuring the same thing.
B. it has been used previously by many different researchers.
C. test scores are relatively stable over time.
D. the test measures what it was designed to measure.
Question 4A test maker wants to make sure her new measure of social anxiety appears to be measuring the construct. The test maker is interested in
A. face validity.
B. congruent validity.
C. discriminant validity.
D. behavioral validation.
Question 5A test maker wants to show that scores on her new measure of schizophrenia are correlated with professional psychologists' ratings of schizophrenia. She is interested in establishing
A. face validity.
B. congruent validity.
C. discriminant validity.
D. behavioral validation.
Question 6A psychologist develops a new test for measuring a construct he calls need for Status. However, another psychologist to whom he shows the test says it looks like a measure of need for Achievement. What type of evidence does the first psychologist need to collect to persuade the second psychologist?
A. Internal consistency
B. Congruent validity
C. Discriminant validity
D. Behavioral validation
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