A test maker wants to show that scores on his or her new measure of schizophrenia are correlated with professional psychologists' ratings of schizophrenia. He or she is interested in establishing
A) face validity.
B) congruent validity.
C) discriminant validity.
D) behavioral validation.

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Congruent validity is the degree of correlation between two measures that are supposed to be measuring the same construct. In this case, the test maker is interested in showing that scores on his or her new measure, which assesses schizophrenia, are correlated with professional psychologists' ratings of schizophrenia. This would establish congruent validity, as both measures are intended to measure the same construct.

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