CLEP Intro to Psychology Exam Prep

Category - CLEP Intro Psychology

Jason’s employer gives him a personality test and then gives him a similar test two weeks later. This is an example of _____________.
  1. internal validity
  2. external validity
  3. criterion validity
  4. content validity
Explanation
Answer: C - Criterion validity is a measure of how well one personality test provides results that correlate with results from a similar personality test.

Key Takeaway: In psychometrics or psychological testing, criterion validity is a measure of how well the variables of one test measure the same things as the variables of a similar test. If Jason’s second personality test results are very different from the first test, it does not have sufficient criterion validity. In other words, the second test doesn’t measure the same variables as the first test.
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