A junior sports scientist was interested in the relationship between intrinsic motivation for physical activity and daily active minutes in pre-teens. She decided to investigate whether a relationship existed in this age group.
The sports scientist designed her own self-report questionnaire to measure 'intrinsic motivation for exercise' in 10-year-old children. The questionnaire yielded a motivation score, where a higher score represented higher motivation. Twenty-five children from a local athletics club completed this questionnaire individually.
She also asked the children's parents to help them complete a daily activity diary over a two-week period to record 'average daily active minutes'. The sports scientist then used this diary data to calculate the average daily active minutes for each child.
Outline one way in which the junior sports scientist could have assessed the validity of her intrinsic motivation questionnaire.
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