Validity and reliability in quantitative studies
2 Divergent validity—shows that an instrument is poorly correlated to instruments that measure differ-ent variables. In this case, for example, there should be a low correlation between an instrument that mea-sures motivation and one that measures self-efficacy. 3 Predictive validity—means that the instrument
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