Discriminant validity is the extent to which ______.
A. one measure can be differentiated from another measure that it should not be related to
B. a measure can distinguish between groups it should be able to distinguish between
C. two or more different measures for the same construct are related
D. scores obtained by a measure predict the outcomes it should predict
Answer: A
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