Unlike concurrent validity, predictive validity:
A) involves comparing applicants' test results with their subsequent job performance.
B) uses current employees to validate a predictor or test.
C) involves testing former employees and correlating the scores with their performance ratings.
D) involves administering a predictor test to applicants and using the results to make hiring decisions.

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Predictive validity involves using test results to predict future job performance, usually of applicants who have not yet been hired. This is usually done by correlating test scores with subsequent job performance ratings. The other options are not accurate descriptions of predictive validity.

Unlike Concurrent Validity, Predictive Validity