The proportion of variation in the criterion that is knowable in advance from knowledge of the test scores can be found by
A)construct-irrelevant variance.
B)the validity coefficient.
C)squaring the validity coefficient.
D)the square root of the validity coefficient.

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Squaring the validity coefficient gives the coefficient of determination, which represents the proportion of variance in the criterion variable that is predictable from the test scores.

The Proportion of Variation in the Criterion That Is Knowable