Suppose a clinician creates criteria for a diagnosis that reflects what most experts in the field consider to be a particular prototypical patient.What is the clinician doing?

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By creating criteria that reflects what most experts in the field consider to be a particular prototypical patient, the clinician is establishing content validity. Content validity is the degree to which a measure represents all facets/elements of a given construct (in this case, the diagnosis) and is established by ensuring that the measure includes a representative sample of items that assess the construct of interest.

Suppose a Clinician Creates Criteria for a Diagnosis That Reflects