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	बहुस्तरीय विषय-वस्तु वैधता	विविधता वैधता
क्षेत्र	मनोमिति	मनोमिति
परिवार	Latent structure	Latent structure
उद्भव वर्ष	1975–2000s	1959
प्रवर्तक	Rooted in Lawshe (1975) for content validity; multilevel extension developed through multilevel psychometric literature from the 1990s onward	Donald T. Campbell and Donald W. Fiske
प्रकार	Validity evaluation / expert judgment	Validity evidence / psychometric evaluation
मौलिक स्रोत	Lynn, M. R. (1986). Determination and quantification of content validity. Nursing Research, 35(6), 382–385.	Campbell, D. T., & Fiske, D. W. (1959). Convergent and discriminant validation by the multitrait-multimethod matrix. Psychological Bulletin, 56(2), 81–105.
उपनाम	hierarchical content validity, nested-data content validity, multilevel scale content evaluation, MCV	discriminant validity evidence, divergent validity, DV, AVE-based discriminant validity
संबंधित	6	5
सारांश	Multilevel content validity extends the classical content validity framework to settings where items, raters, or respondents are nested within hierarchical structures — such as students within schools, patients within clinics, or items rated by panels from distinct cultural or professional groups. It ensures that scale content is relevant and representative at every level of the hierarchy, not just in the aggregate.	Discriminant validity is evidence that a latent construct is empirically distinct from other constructs it should differ from. Originating in Campbell and Fiske's multitrait-multimethod framework (1959), it is a core component of construct validity and a mandatory check in scale development and structural equation modeling.