Criterion-related validity includes which aspects?

Criterion-related validity includes which aspects?

• A. Predictive validity and concurrent validity
• B. Content validity and face validation
• C. Construct validity only
• D. Internal consistency only

Answer: (B)

Criterion-related validity looks at how well test scores line up with an external standard that reflects the behavior or outcome we care about. There are two main forms of this validity: predictive validity, where the test score is used to forecast a future criterion (for example, a test administered now predicting how well someone will perform on the job years later); and concurrent validity, where the test score is correlated with a criterion measured at roughly the same time (for instance, a current measure that aligns with an established diagnostic rating obtained now). Other validity types focus on different questions. Content validity asks whether the test covers the domain of interest; face validity is about whether the test appears to measure what it should on the surface; construct validity concerns whether the test actually measures the theoretical trait it’s intended to measure (including how it relates to other related or unrelated constructs); internal consistency is a reliability property, reflecting how well the items on the test hang together. So, the aspects captured by criterion-related validity are predictive validity and concurrent validity.

Criterion-related validity looks at how well test scores line up with an external standard that reflects the behavior or outcome we care about. There are two main forms of this validity: predictive validity, where the test score is used to forecast a future criterion (for example, a test administered now predicting how well someone will perform on the job years later); and concurrent validity, where the test score is correlated with a criterion measured at roughly the same time (for instance, a current measure that aligns with an established diagnostic rating obtained now).

Other validity types focus on different questions. Content validity asks whether the test covers the domain of interest; face validity is about whether the test appears to measure what it should on the surface; construct validity concerns whether the test actually measures the theoretical trait it’s intended to measure (including how it relates to other related or unrelated constructs); internal consistency is a reliability property, reflecting how well the items on the test hang together. So, the aspects captured by criterion-related validity are predictive validity and concurrent validity.