Question

he Psychology Aptitude Test (PAT) was administered to incoming college psychology majors. Their scores were later compared to their performance in the introductory psychology course, and high scores on the PAT were related to high grades in the course. Therefore, the PAT has______.

Answer 1

Answer:

Predictive validity.

Explanation:

As the exercise suggests with the Psychology Aptitude Test (PAT) scoring system; the predictive validity is a way of calculating how a determined score on a test predicts scores on a certain criterion measure. In other words, this is a correlation between tests and ratings; as shown in the example provided by the exercise: "Their scores were later compared to their performance in the introductory psychology course, and high scores on the PAT were related to high grades in the course".