A politician is worried that fear of crime is increasing. A survey is given to community residents to measure fear of crime. To check the criterion validity of this measure, the politician should:

a. Collect direct observations of the community residents’ behavior
b. Use multiple operations to measure the full range of the community residents’ fear
c. Ask the residents themselves whether the survey appears to measure fear
d. Interview the residents about their level of fear


a. Collect direct observations of the community residents’ behavior

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