Discriminant validity refers to
A) the extent to which a measured variable does not correlate with other variables designed to measure different conceptual variables.
B) the extent to which a measured variable correlates with other measured variables designed to assess different conceptual variables.
C) the extent to which a measured variable correlates with another measured variable over time.
D) the extent to which a measured variable discriminates against other measured variables.

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Discriminant validity is demonstrated when a measured variable does not correlate highly with variables from different constructs, indicating that the measures are indeed capturing different concepts.

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