A researcher has developed a measure of a person's ability to detect colors. He finds the measure is not related to a person's spelling ability, which is a different type of measure. This finding is an example of _____ validity.
A)convergent
B)discriminant
C)face
D)concurrent

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Discriminant validity is the extent to which a measure does not correlate with measures of conceptually unrelated constructs. In this case, the measure of color detection ability should not be related to spelling ability, as they are different constructs, and the finding supports the discriminant validity of the color detection measure.

A Researcher Has Developed a Measure of a Person's Ability