A test maker wants to make sure her new measure of social anxiety appears to be measuring the construct. The test maker is interested in
A) face validity.
B) congruent validity.
C) discriminant validity.
D) behavioral validation.

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Face validity refers to whether a measure appears, on the surface, to measure the construct it is intended to measure. In this case, the test maker wants to ensure that her new measure of social anxiety appears to measure social anxiety, which relates to face validity.

A Test Maker Wants to Make Sure Her New Measure