The textbook describes a study by McClelland (1958)in which the need-for-achievement test was administered to a group of children and then the children were observed while they played a ring-toss game.The purpose of this study was to establish _______ validity for the test.
A)face
B)concurrent
C)predictive
D)convergent

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The purpose of the study was to see if the need-for-achievement test would predict achievement-related behavior (winning the game) in a non-test situation (playing the ring-toss game). This establishes predictive validity for the test. Face validity refers to whether a test appears, on the surface, to measure what it claims to measure. Concurrent validity refers to whether a test correlates with a similar test that is already established as valid. Convergent validity refers to whether a test correlates with another test that it should be related to based on theory.

The Textbook Describes a Study by McClelland (1958)in Which the Need-For-Achievement