Question

A researcher developed a new intelligence test for elementary school children. However, the researcher fears that the scores from the test may actually be measuring the children’s reading ability. To show that the test is really measuring intelligence and not reading ability, the researcher must demonstrate ________ validity.

Answer 1

Discriminant

Explanation:

Discriminant validity is the validity that does not shows the two measures are related to each other in facts. This validity should not be the same at the theoretical level and even does not found correlated with each other the measurement. We can say that the discriminant validity and convergent validity coefficient are different to some extent. It occurs from the theoretical approach of the validity that is related to the construct. The main aim of this validity is to discriminate between the measures of different constructs.