The correspondence between the empirical test of a hypothesis and the underlying causal process that the experiment is intended to represent
A) construct validity
B) internal validity
C) external validity
D) constitutional validity

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Construct validity refers to the extent to which a test measures what it claims, or purports, to be measuring. In the context of the question, it involves the correspondence between the empirical test (what is being measured or tested in the experiment) and the underlying causal process (what the experiment aims to represent or the concept it intends to capture).

The Correspondence Between the Empirical Test of a Hypothesis and the Underlying