Question

Your friend Dominic is complaining about having to take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), a test similar to the ACT and SAT that is required to go to graduate school. Your friend Shakendra tells him he shouldn’t complain, as statistics show that GRE scores are related to graduate school GPA. Shakendra is speaking to the ________ of the test.

a. Content validity
b. Criterion validity
c. Discriminant validity
d. Convergent validity

Answer 1

Answer:b) Criterion validity.

Step-by-step explanation:

Criterion validity is defined as the scale or level to which a measure is associated with the result .It can predict the result of a particular measure using some other measure for defining the performance and validity.

According to the question,Shakendra is taking help of criterion validity for explaining about the GRE test through the aspect of GPA test of the graduate school.

Other options are incorrect because content validity is used for knowing about the intention extent of the test measure. Discriminant validity is measure till components are different .Convergent validity is used social and behavior field .

Thus, the correct option is option(b).