Brick-n-Go, a construction firm, is in need of a construction superintendent whose primary responsibilities involve organizing, supervising, and inspecting the work of several subcontractors. Brick-n-Go administers a construction-error recognition test, where an applicant has to enter a shed that has 25 construction errors and has to record as many of these errors as can be detected. What type of validity is being established in this case?
A) concurrent validity
B) construct validity
C) content validity
D) representative validity
E) predictive validity

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In this case, the primary concern is that the construction superintendent is capable of recognizing construction errors. The test administered by Brick-n-Go is specifically designed to measure this skill, and therefore, it establishes content validity. Content validity ensures that the test measures what it is supposed to measure, in this case, the ability to recognize construction errors.

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