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LCritchfi

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A psychologist develops a new test for measuring a construct he calls need for Status. However, another psychologist to whom he shows the test says it looks like a measure of need for Achievement. What type of evidence does the first psychologist need to collect to persuade the second psychologist?
 
  A. Internal consistency
  B. Congruent validity
  C. Discriminant validity
  D. Behavioral validation

Question 2

When scores from a test correlate with other measures of the same construct, researchers can determine the test's
 
  A. face validity.
  B. congruent validity.
  C. construct validity.
  D. discriminant validity.


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blakeserpa

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

C

Answer to Question 2

B


LCritchfi

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Reply 2 on: Jun 21, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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:D TYSM

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