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Juan,a professor of psychology,is developing a measure of skills needed for successful performance at a job.Juan includes items the job supervisor feels are relevant for the job.What type of validity would this procedure best represent?

A) Face validity
B) Convergent validity
C) Discriminant validity
D) Concurrent validity

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In the context of construct validity of measures,if research finds that candidates who score high on a medical college admissions test do better in medical school than those who score low on this test,it can be inferred that the test has _____ validity.

A) concurrent
B) convergent
C) discriminative
D) predictive

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Face validity refers to whether or not the measure:

In the context of construct validity of measures,tests that are developed to evaluate future performance of students are based on _____ validity.

Cohen's kappa is a commonly used indicator of _____ reliability.

The most common correlation coefficient when discussing reliability is the _____ product-moment correlation coefficient.

To assess the reliability of a measure,one should _____ the measure.

The positive and negative signs in the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient provide information about the:

In the context of components of a measure,a reliable measure of intelligence must contain relatively low _____.

To assess the reliability of a measure,Julie administers different versions of the same test to the same individuals at two points in time.This procedure is an example of _____ reliability.

In the context of reactivity of measures,_____ measures involve clever ways of indirectly recording a variable to reduce reactivity.

Mike takes his temperature with a thermometer three times over a 20-minute period and observes the following measurements: 98,106,and 89 degrees.In this context,Mike concludes that the _____ of the thermometer is _____.

_____ is a potential problem when measuring behavior which causes changes in an individual's behavior when he or she is aware of being measured.

_____ reliability is the extent to which raters agree in their observations.

In the context of scales of measurement,the Celsius measure on a household thermometer scale is an example of a(n) _____ scale.

According to Pearson product-movement correlation coefficient,a correlation of 0.00 shows that the two variables are:

A food critic rates restaurants according to the quality of food,service,and atmosphere.She assigns 4 stars for excellent,3 for good,2 for fair,and 1 star for poor.In the context of scales of measurement,this is an example of a(n) _____ scale.

In _____ validity,scores on the measure indicate behavior on a criterion measured at a future time.

In _____ validity,scores on the measure are related to a criterion measured at the same time.

A researcher can increase the number of test items in a questionnaire to increase _____ of the study.