Researchers use intermittent school attendance to predict traffic accident involvement among juvenile drivers. They reason that since intermittent school attendance is related to poor academic performance, itself a well-known predictor of juvenile traffic accident involvement, that this is a valid measure. Which type of validity are these researchers using?

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The researchers are using construct validity, as they are linking intermittent school attendance to a theoretical construct (poor academic performance) that is known to predict juvenile traffic accident involvement.

Researchers Use Intermittent School Attendance to Predict Traffic Accident Involvement