Brenda is developing a test to identify children who are likely to become "school refusers" (i.e. ,they refuse to attend school).She administers her test to a large number of elementary school children and then tracks the children's attendance to determine who actually becomes a school refuser.Brenda is assessing ____.
A)content validity
B)predictive validity
C)factor structure
D)consequential validity

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Brenda is testing the ability of her test to predict future behavior (school refusal), which is an example of predictive validity. Content validity refers to whether the test measures what it is intended to measure, factor structure refers to the underlying structure of the test items, and consequential validity refers to the potential impact of the test results on individuals or society. None of these are directly being assessed by Brenda's study.

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