What is criterion contamination? Give examples of criteria that may be contaminated.
What will be an ideal response?
• Sometimes criteria do not represent all of the dimensions in the behavior, attitude, or event being measured. When this happens, the criterion has decreased evidence of validity based on its content because it has underrepresented some important characteristics. If the criterion measures more dimensions than those measured by the test, we say that criterion contamination is present.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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