At what point would we assume that the construct validity of a test has been established and no more studies should be done?
a. when we have shown that it correlates with several other measures designed to tap the same construct
b. when we have shown that it does not correlate with measures designed to tap different constructs
c. never – construct validation is an ongoing process
d. when the validity coefficients are above .8
c
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