With Personality Scales Constructed Using the Empirical Approach, the Researcher

With personality scales constructed using the empirical approach, the researcher bases the construction of the test on:

A) personal intuition and the face validity of the items.
B) how reliable and valid the items on a given test are found to be.
C) research showing the unique responses various groups of people have to specific items.
D) some theoretical conception of the concept or construct that is to be measured.