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Concurrent validity is one approach of criterion validity that estimates individual performance on different tests at approximately the same time.
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Concurrent validity and predictive validity are two approaches of criterion validity. Criterion validity describes how a test effectively estimates an examinee’s performance on some outcome measure(s). The outcome measure, called a criterion, is the main variable of interest in the analysis. The test scores are truly useful if they can provide a basis for precise prediction of some criteria. Concurrent validity is similar to predictive validity, as both of them are commonly interpreted as correlations between a test and the relevant criteria. Concurrent validity and predictive validity are only different in the time that the two tests are measured (McIntire & Miller, 2005).
In concurrent validity, the test scores and the criterion scores are taken simultaneously to demonstrate the extent that test scores correctly...
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Lin, WL., Yao, G. (2014). Concurrent Validity. In: Michalos, A.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_516
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