The Concept of Validity in the Interpretation of Test Scores

with some independently observed criterion of the behavior under consideration. It is only as a measure of a specifically defined criterion that a test can be objectively validated at all. For example, unless we define &dquo;intelligence&dquo; as that combination of aptitudes required for successful school achievement, or for survival on a certain type of job, or in terms of some other observable criterion, we can never either prove

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