Question

A researcher is testing out a new personality assessment to determine a participant’s personality type. She shows that scores from her new measure are unrelated to measures of mood and cognitive ability. She has demonstrated that her new assessment has _____ validity.

Answer 1

Discriminant validity

Step-by-step explanation:

Discriminant validity is shown through evidence that a measure is not inordinately related to other similar, yet different construct. It is also known as divergent validity.

Discriminant validity helps to determine how similar a test is to another thus proving Validity.