Dr. Thera Pea has developed a social problem-solving test. In order to establish its criterion validity, she wants to give it to undergraduate students to see if it will predict grade point average in a graduate social work program. She is able to establish high concurrent evidence for the test. Which of the following would be true?
A) She gave the test to graduate students in the social work program and measured their GPAs
B) She gave the test to undergraduate students
C) She assumed that there is little change in social problem-solving skills during the time between undergraduate and graduate studies
D) a and c
E) All of the above

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Criterion validity involves comparing the test to an outcome that it should theoretically be able to predict. In this case, Dr. Thera Pea is looking to see if the social problem-solving test can predict GPA in a graduate social work program. Establishing high concurrent evidence means she compared the test scores to the GPAs at the same time, which implies she tested current graduate students (A) and assumed the skills measured do not significantly change between undergraduate and graduate studies (C).

Dr Thera Pea Has Developed a Social Problem-Solving Test