Your friend Dominic is complaining about having to take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE),a test similar to the ACT and SAT that is required to go to graduate school.Your friend Shakendra tells him he shouldn't complain,as statistics show that GRE scores are related to graduate school GPA.Shakendra is speaking to the ________ of the test.
A)Discriminant validity
B)Content validity
C)Convergent validity
D)Criterion validity

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Shakendra is referring to the criterion validity of the GRE, which is the extent to which the scores on the test are predictive of performance on a specific criterion, in this case, graduate school GPA.

Your Friend Dominic Is Complaining About Having to Take the Graduate