Dr. Peters is interested in general life satisfaction. He administers his online scale to 100 people. He conducts a Pearson’s r between the scores on his scale and scores on unrelated scales, such as those of perceived wealth. What is the most likely reason for doing this?
a. To test discriminant construct validity
b. To test convergent construct validity
c. To test face validity
d. To test predictive validity
Ans: A
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