Dr. Peters is interested in general life satisfaction. He administers his online scale to 100 people. He conducts a Pearson’s r between the scores on his scale and scores on related scales, such as those of well-being. What is the most likely reason for doing this?

a. To test discriminant construct validity
b. To test convergent construct validity
c. To test face validity
d. To test predictive validity

Ans: B

Psychology

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