Carolina is working to show the validity of a series of tests her company is using to hire employees. She is using a criterion-related validity approach. During the process, she checks the regression weights found in her first validation sample of people against a second sample. This process is referred to as _____.

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The process being described is cross-validation, where the results from the initial validation sample are checked against a second sample to establish the criterion-related validity of the tests being used. Option B (validity generalization) refers to the use of existing research to support the validity of a test, and option C (construct validity) refers to the measure of how well a test measures what it claims to measure. Option D (regression weighting) is not a commonly used term in the context of validation.

Carolina Is Working to Show the Validity of a Series