A test developer asks five clinicians who are experts in depression to rank 100 depressed clients on a 1 to 5 scale from minor depression to severe depression. The rankings are then correlated with test scores on a new test of depression. What kind of validity is being measured?
A) Experimental
B) Concurrent
C) Predictive
D) Construct
E) Convergent

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The correlation between the clinicians' rankings and the test scores on a new test of depression is assessing concurrent validity, which measures the extent to which the test scores are related to current or contemporaneous criteria (in this case, the clinicians' rankings). None of the other types of validity (experimental, predictive, construct, convergent) are being measured in this scenario.

A Test Developer Asks Five Clinicians Who Are Experts in Depression