Suppose a researcher wants to measure whether people have experienced racial discrimination in their neighborhood.The researcher might ask questions about whether subjects ever felt they were turned away from renting or buying a home because of their race.The researcher might also ask about whether they have ever been treated unfairly by store clerks or their neighbors.After writing the questions on their survey,the researchers felt they had accurate measures of discrimination because they seemed right.Which kind of validity would they feel they achieved?
A)face validity
B)concurrent validity
C)external reliability
D)predictive validity

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Face validity refers to whether a measure appears to accurately measure what it is intended to measure. In this scenario, the researchers believe that their questions accurately measure racial discrimination, so they would feel they achieved face validity. However, this does not necessarily mean that the measure has good psychometric properties, such as reliability or validity.

Suppose a Researcher Wants to Measure Whether People Have Experienced