UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

Construct validity addresses whether test scores behave as expected based on theory about the underlying trait, such as intelligence or anxiety. Evidence for construct validity comes from patterns of correlations with other measures, factor analyses and studies of group differences. When findings fit theoretical predictions, confidence grows that the test indeed reflects the intended construct. Thus, the kind of validity in the stem is construct validity.

Option A:
Face validity concerns how appropriate a test appears on the surface and is judged informally; it does not provide deep evidence about theoretical interpretation of scores.

Option B:
Criterion validity examines the relationship between test scores and an external criterion measure, which is one aspect of construct validation but not the entire concept.

Option C:
Concurrent validity is a subtype of criterion validity focusing on correlations with criterion measures collected at the same time, not on the broader network of theoretical relationships.

Option D:
Construct validity integrates many pieces of evidence showing that scores relate to other variables in ways consistent with the theory of the construct. This focus on theoretical trait interpretation matches the stem, making this option correct.