A low, non-significant correlation between an observation-based assessment of symptoms of autism and a teacher-report of ADHD symptoms provides ______________________ evidence of the validity of the autism measure.
A)convergent
B)multimethod
C)discriminant
D)differential

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Discriminant validity is shown when measures that are not supposed to be related are indeed not related, as in the case of low correlation between autism symptoms and ADHD symptoms reported by different sources.

A Low, Non-Significant Correlation Between an Observation-Based Assessment of Symptoms