Your advisor asked you to test the construct validity of a new 50-item scale that the two of you developed, called the SMRT intelligence test (meant to measure people's "intelligence"). At first glance, it seems to at least possess some face validity, in that the items appear to ask about different things that you think "smart people would be likely to score high on," particularly emotional intelligence, mathematical ability, and vocabulary. In a previous pilot study using this 50-item SMRT test, high scores on the SMRT correlated with heightened board game-playing skills. Given this information, what is your assessment of the different aspects of construct validity for the SMRT intelligence test? What additional validity tests could you do to strengthen the argument that the SMRT is a valid measure of "intelligence" - how would you know (i.e., what results would you need to see from those tests)?

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The Answer of Your advisor asked you to test the construct validity of a new 50-item scale that the two of you developed, called the SMRT intelligence test (meant to measure people's "intelligence"). At first glance, it seems to at least possess some face validity, in that the items appear to ask about different things that you think "smart people would be likely to score high on," particularly emotional intelligence, mathematical ability, and vocabulary. In a previous pilot study using this 50-item SMRT test, high scores on the SMRT correlated with heightened board game-playing skills. Given this information, what is your assessment of the different aspects of construct validity for the SMRT intelligence test? What additional validity tests could you do to strengthen the argument that the SMRT is a valid measure of "intelligence" - how would you know (i.e., what results would you need to see from those tests)?

Your Advisor Asked You to Test the Construct Validity of a New