Which of the following is an example of construct validation ...

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Which of the following is an example of construct validation procedures? When attempting to measure the personality of Chevrolet owners, researchers used the California Personality Inventory.
 a. As expected, scores on this test were found to correlate highly with scores on Edwards Personal Preference Schedule but very low correlations were found with scores on a Social Responsibility scale.
  b. Scores of the California Personality Inventory were administered to the same subjects on two different occasions and correlated.
  c. Scores on the California Personality Inventory were used to predict attitudes toward Chevrolets.
  d. Scores on the California Personality Inventory were found to successfully predict Chevrolet owners.
  e. All of the above are examples of procedures followed in examining the construct validity of a measure.

Question 2

Which of the following is TRUE?
 a. Three aspects of validity - pragmatic, content, and construct - are not only conceptually independent but are in actual practice rarely related to each other.
  b. A measure has been used repeatedly and has produced almost identical answers; therefore this instrument is valid.
  c. Random error is less troublesome than systematic error.
  d. Both a and b.
  e. a, b, and c.

[skipfourms123]

Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

C

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