Question

A construction firm needs to hire a construction superintendent, whose primary responsibilities involve organizing, supervising, and inspecting the work of several subcontractors. It administers a construction-error recognition test, where an applicant enters a room that has been specially constructed to have 10 common and expensive errors and where he/she is asked to record as many problems as he/she can detect. The firm is using a:______.a. concurrent validation.b. predictive validation.c. content validation.d. criterion-related validation.

Answer 1

Answer:

c. content validation

Explanation:

In this scenario it seems that the construction firm is using content validation by placing the applicant in the room and asking her to point out the 10 common and expensive errors. Content Validation is a method that is used in order to make sure that a test is correctly measuring the information for which it is intended.