Psychology & Sociology · Mr. Pankow: Social Structure & Inequality

Question

Whether a variable is able to predict a certain outcome. An example would be if you asked people a question and gave them 4 answer choices, A,B,C, and D. You might find that people just picked A as the answer choice because it is the first choice rather than whether it is the best answer choice:
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Whether a variable is able to predict a certain outcome. An example would be if you asked people a question and gave them 4 answer choices, A,B,C, and D. You might find that people just picked A as the answer choice because it is the first choice rather than whether it is the best answer choice:
Criterion validity

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