A researcher compares patients' scores on a newly developed depression screening tool to nurses' ratings of a patient's mood state. This is an example of assessing

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Criterion validity involves demonstrating the relationship between performance on an instrument and performance on some other criterion measure that is known to represent the concept or attribute of interest. Content validity is an expert judgment that an instrument adequately measures the attribute or phenomenon of interest. Construct validity is concerned with the essence of what an instrument is actually measuring.

A Researcher Compares Patients' Scores on a Newly Developed Depression