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RYAN BANYAN

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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.

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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.


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Bison

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Reply #1 on: Jul 30, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: d

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: e


RYAN BANYAN

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Reply 2 on: Jul 30, 2018
:D TYSM

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Gracias!

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