In which of the following ways are content and face validity similar?
A)Both involve subjective judgments.
B)Both involve judgments based on participants' opinions.
C)Both are preferred by psychologists as measures of validity.
D)Both are necessary for predictive validity.

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Both content and face validity depend on subjective judgments made by individuals, which can introduce bias and affect the validity of the measure. Thus, they are similar in this respect. The other answer choices are not correct: B is not accurate because face validity is based on the opinions of laypeople, whereas content validity is based on expert judgments; C is not accurate because content and face validity are just two types of validity and not necessarily preferred over other types; and D is incorrect because content and face validity are not required for predictive validity (although they may be relevant in certain cases).

In Which of the Following Ways Are Content and Face