Researchers have created measures of social capital, a concept involving networks, norms and social trust .Extensive theories and models have been developed based on social capital's correlation with urbanization, religiosity, income inequality and other variables .These tests of correlation are known as
A)Face validity
B)Reliability
C)Nomological validity
D)None of the above

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Nomological validity refers to the degree to which predictions from a theoretical network, involving relationships among several variables, are confirmed within empirical testing. In the context of social capital, researchers test its correlation with various societal variables (like urbanization, religiosity, etc.) to validate the theoretical constructs and their interrelations, fitting the concept of nomological validity.

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