If you had created a new survey, in what ways would you verify its construct validity?

What will be an ideal response?


Ans: Answers vary
Answer may include testing relationships between scores on the new survey and other operational definitions of the construct tested in the survey (such as other validated questionnaires or behaviors that indicate the construct).

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