A human resources manager believes that people whose job requires converting values from the standard to the metric system will have higher math test scores than people who do not have to make these conversions. The human resource manager would be most concerned with _____ validity.
A)face
B)general
C)divergent
D)concurrent

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The human resources manager is concerned with concurrent validity, which refers to the extent to which a test is related to a criterion that is measured at the same time. In this case, the criterion is math test scores, and the test is the requirement to convert values from the standard to the metric system. Therefore, the manager wants to know if there is a relationship between these two variables at the same time.

A Human Resources Manager Believes That People Whose Job Requires