Professor Amir develops a new measure of anti-Black prejudice. In one study, White participants are asked to sit in a waiting room in which either a Black person or a White person is already seated. Professor Amir finds that people who score high on her measure sit farther from the Black person than from the White person and people who score low on her measure sit the same distance from both the Black person and the White person. Professor Amir has collected evidence about the ________ validity of her measure.
A) relational validity
B) substantive validity
C) content validity
D) structural

Question

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Substantive validity refers to the degree to which a measure reflects the substantive domain of the construct it is designed to assess. In this case, Professor Amir's measure is intended to assess anti-Black prejudice, and the observed behavior (sitting farther from the Black person among those who score high on the measure) directly relates to the construct of interest, providing evidence of substantive validity.

Professor Amir Develops a New Measure of Anti-Black Prejudice