Question

A research team is interested in knowing whether their new measure of happiness has good construct validity. a) Explain one way the researchers could evaluate the construct validity of their new measure.b) What is this way of evaluating construct validity called

Answer 1

Answer:

Construct Validity is the degree to which a test measures what it is meant or purport to measure. It is the degree a test measure what it is suppose to measure.

Explanation:

1. The researchers can measure the construct validity of their measure by comparing the test to other test measuring the same quality which they have measure to see the level of correlation between the two. Whether the correlation is high or low.

2. This type of evaluating construct validity is called convergent validity. Convergent validity is a tool in psychology, sociology and behavioral science which measure the degree of two events that should be related are actually related. It is opposite of discriminate validity.