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misspop · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Suppose a researcher were interested in assessing the adequacy of an instrument to measure the theoretical concept of hopefulness. The most appropriate type of validation procedure would be which of the following?

A) Content
B) Concurrent
C) Predictive
D) Construct

Question 2

The type of validity that employs primarily judgment in its assessment is which of the following?

A) Content
B) Concurrent
C) Predictive
D) Construct

diana chang · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D
Feedback:
Construct validity, an instrument's adequacy in measuring the targeted construct, is a hypothesis-testing endeavor. Content validity concerns the sampling adequacy of the content being measured. Expert ratings on the relevance of items can be used to compute a content validity index (CVI). Criterion-related validity (which includes both predictive validity and concurrent validity) focuses on the correlation between an instrument and an outside criterion.

Answer to Question 2

A
Feedback:
Content validity concerns the sampling adequacy of the content being measured and is based on judgment. Expert ratings on the relevance of items can be used to compute a content validity index (CVI). Criterion-related validity (which includes both predictive validity and concurrent validity) focuses on the correlation between an instrument and an outside criterion. Construct validity, an instrument's adequacy in measuring the targeted construct, is a hypothesis-testing endeavor.