Carolynn is tracking youth participants over a 1-year period in a study on extraversion. In her baseline survey, 35% of the sample reported being extremely extraverted. However, when Carolynn observes her participants at school, less than 10% demonstrate behaviors such as engaging in conversation with strangers, attempting to make new friends, or expressing themselves freely. Because Carolynn chose to measure extraversion in the baseline survey, it may have caused an issue with what type of validity

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Aydan Harrison

21 November, 08:19

Carolynn is tracking youth participants over a 1-year period in a study on extraversion. In her baseline survey, 35% of the sample reported being extremely extraverted. However, when Carolynn observes her participants at school, less than 10% demonstrate behaviors such as engaging in conversation with strangers, attempting to make new friends, or expressing themselves freely. Because Carolynn chose to measure extraversion in the baseline survey, it may have caused an issue with what type of validity

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Malakai Hunter · Answer 1

Answer:Criterion Validity

Explanation:Criterion Validity; Her sample is not showing a correlation with actual behaviors associated with extraversion. Criterion validity refers to how one measure can be used to predict the outcome of another measure. This kind of test which possess this validity may be used to make predictions in another event either past or present event.

This means it correlate with a concrete outcome.