As part of the application procedure for admission to university, Butch has to complete the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT).The university administrators at the campus he has applied to have determined that only those students who score in the top 40% on the SAT are likely to successfully complete a 4-year university program.In this instance, the university administrators believe that the SAT has:
A)good predictive validity
B)high content validity
C)high reliability
D)poor standardization

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The university administrators believe that the SAT has good predictive validity because they are using it to predict which students are likely to successfully complete a 4-year university program by setting a cutoff score based on previous data. This suggests that they believe that SAT scores are a good indicator of future academic success.

As Part of the Application Procedure for Admission to University