Evidence of construct validity is provided when convergent validity correlations are ______.
A) higher than discriminant validity correlations
B) lower than discriminant validity correlations
C) the same as are discriminant validity correlations
D) similar as are discriminant validity correlations

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Convergent validity correlations should be higher than discriminant validity correlations to provide evidence of construct validity. This is because convergent validity is the degree to which two measures of the same construct are positively related, while discriminant validity is the degree to which two measures of different constructs are not related. If the convergent validity correlations are higher than the discriminant validity correlations, it suggests that the measures are more strongly related when measuring the same construct, providing evidence of construct validity.

Evidence of Construct Validity Is Provided When Convergent Validity Correlations