A new measure exhibits discriminant validity when
A) scores on the new measure fail to correlate with scores on well-validated measures of the same construct.
B) scores on the new measure do not correlate with scores on well-validated measures of constructs different from the one assessed by the new measure.
C) the new measure shows evidence of high validity in one group (such as women) but low validity in another group (such as men).
D) the items on the measure are highly relevant to the trait being measured but are not representative of the trait.

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Discriminant validity refers to the ability of a measure to distinguish between the construct it is designed to measure and other constructs. Hence, a new measure exhibits discriminant validity when scores on the new measure do not correlate with scores on well-validated measures of constructs different from the one assessed by the new measure.

A New Measure Exhibits Discriminant Validity When