A psychologist has developed a new self-report questionnaire designed to measure occupational burnout in corporate employees. Which of the following procedures would allow the researcher to assess the concurrent validity of this new questionnaire?
Administering the new questionnaire to a group of employees and comparing their scores with those obtained from an established, highly validated burnout scale completed at the same time.
Dividing the questionnaire items randomly into two equal sets and correlating the scores obtained on each set by the same group of employees.
Having two independent researchers observe the employees' behavior in the workplace and correlate their behavioral ratings of burnout.
Administering the questionnaire to the same group of employees on two different occasions, three weeks apart, and correlating the two sets of scores.
644 exam-style questions on OCR A Level Psychology Research methods and techniques. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.