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discriminant validity: a standalone construct

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Psychometrics

evidence that a measure does not correlate too highly with measures of different traits, so it captures something distinct from them.

In psychometrics, discriminant validity refers to evidence that a measure does not correlate too highly with measures of different traits, so it captures something distinct from them. This meaning comes from Campbell (1959) in Psychological Bulletin.[1]

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References

Campbell, D. T., & Fiske, D. W. (1959). Convergent and discriminant validation by the multitrait-multimethod matrix. Psychological Bulletin, 56(2), 81-105. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0046016

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