Question

High school administrators gave all ninth graders a scholastic aptitude test. Four years later all of those who had been surveyed were asked to report their freshman year GPA in college. These high school administrators are interested in the ______ of the scholastic aptitude test.

Answer 1

Predictive validity

Explanation:

Predictive validity is an approach or criterion validity and part of it. It predicts individuals on the measurement score of a test administered later.

Concurrent validity and predictive validity both are the part of criterion validity.

The predictive validity correlates with the variables and that assessed at some point when the test has been administered or some type of measurement has been made by the researcher. For example, Predictive validity has been designing to test the prediction about a disease. It is also called perspective validity.