Which one of the following statements about validity is FALSE?

A. Evidence of validity based on a test’s relations with other variables involves correlating test scores to a measure of performance or another test.
B. Evidence of validity based on content involves examining the questions on the test to see whether they represent the domain being measured.
C. Evidence of validity based on content involves correlating test scores to a criterion.
D. Evidence of validity based on a test’s relations with a criterion can be gathered via the concurrent and predictive methods.


Ans: C

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