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rayancarla1

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A clinical psychologist develops a clinical interview to assess for the presence of alcohol abuse and dependence. In evaluating the interview, the psychologist conducts a study that compares people's current scores on this interview with their current scores on a well-established paper-and-pencil measure of alcohol abuse and dependence. What kind of validity does this study appear to be assessing?
 
  a. content validity
  b. predictive validity
  c. concurrent validity
  d. discriminant validity

Question 2

__________ validity is the degree to which the interview items adequately measure the various aspects of the variable or construct.
 
  a. Content
  b. Predictive
  c. Concurrent
  d. Construct


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Reply #1 on: Jun 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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Reply 2 on: Jun 21, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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