Test theory suggests that concurrent validity coefficients underestimate population validity. What does research suggest?
a) Concurrent validity coefficients do, in fact, underestimate population validity.
b) Concurrent validity coefficients are often similar in size to predictive validities
c) Concurrent validity coefficients seriously overestimate population validity.
d) Concurrent validity coefficients seriously attenuate population validity.
B
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