Because low marital adjustment should lead to divorce,Professor Quinn checked his measure of marital adjustment by examining whether couples with low martial adjustment scores later obtained divorces.This illustrates the use of:
A) criterion-related validity
B) face validity
C) content validity
D) construct validity

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Criterion-related validity involves examining whether a measure is correlated with a relevant criterion (in this case, whether low scores on the measure of marital adjustment are related to divorces). Therefore, Professor Quinn's use of examining whether couples with low marital adjustment scores later obtain divorces is an example of criterion-related validity.

Because Low Marital Adjustment Should Lead to Divorce,Professor Quinn Checked