A Test Developer Creates a New Instrument to Measure Depression

Multiple Choice

A test developer creates a new instrument to measure depression. He correlates this instrument with an existing test that measures anxiety. The test developer hopes to not find a high correlation, thus assuring the integrity of the construct he is measuring. This type of validity is called:

A) experimental design validity.
B) factor analysis validity.
C) convergent validity.
D) criterion-related validity.
E) discriminant validity.