Concurrent validity

Test for associations with validated measures at the same time

Concurrent validity pertains to the ability of a survey to correlate with other measures that are already validated. Both the survey of interest and the validated survey are administered to participants at the same time. Then, concurrent validity coefficients are generated using correlations between the survey of interest and the validated survey. A validity coefficient of r = 0.3 is assumed to provide evidence of concurrent validity. Concurrent validity is a type of criterion-related evidence or criterion validity.
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Concurrent validity evidence shows that a survey instrument correlates with an existing measure, given at the same time.