Author Question: A newly developed instrument for screening depression suggests that an individual is not depressed; ... (Read 77 times)

RYAN BANYAN · **on:** Jul 30, 2018

A newly developed instrument for screening depression suggests that an individual is not depressed; however, later information reveals that in fact he is depressed. This problem can be attributed to:

a. parallel forms.
b. internal consistency.
c. a false positive.
d. a false negative.
e. sampling error.

Question 2

A test developer creates a new instrument to measure depression. He correlates this instrument with an existing test that measures anxiety. The test developer hopes to not find a high correlation, thus assuring the integrity of the construct he is measuring. This type of validity is called:

a. experimental design validity.
b. factor analysis validity.
c. convergent validity.
d. criterion-related validity.
e. discriminant validity.