In research, evidence that the same concept measured in different ways yields similar results is called
ADivergent validity
BDiscriminant validity
CConvergent validity ✓ Correct
DFace validity
Correct answer: (C) Convergent validity
Explanation
Evidence that the same concept measured in different ways yields similar results is convergent validity.
Divergent validity concerns whether unrelated concepts stay unrelated in measurement.
Discriminant validity shows a measure does not correlate with things it should not.
Face validity is only a surface judgement that a measure looks appropriate.
Convergent and discriminant validity together form construct validity.
High convergence supports that different methods tap the same underlying construct.
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