You Have a Meeting with Three Other Researchers for the Purpose

Multiple Choice

You have a meeting with three other researchers for the purpose of deciding how to operationalize (i.e. measure) happiness. You are unsure what the best approach is but the other three people each have very strong, and differing, opinions. The first researcher insists the most important consideration is whether whatever is chosen actually measures what you're intending to measure (i.e. happiness) . They suggest clear statistical relationships between your chosen measure and other previously used measures to assess the same thing can provide a sense of confidence in the measure you choose.

A) interjudge reliability
B) Criterion-related validity
C) Test-retest reliability
D) Content validity
E) Construct validity