A test maker wants to make sure his or her new measure of social anxiety appears to be measuring the construct. The test maker is interested in
A) face validity.
B) congruent validity.
C) discriminant validity.
D) behavioral validation.

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Face validity is the extent to which a measurement appears to measure what it is intended to measure. In this case, the test maker is interested in ensuring that the new measure of social anxiety is actually measuring social anxiety, which falls under the category of face validity.

A Test Maker Wants to Make Sure His or Her