Internal validation checks the relation between the individual measures included in the scale, and the composite scale itself.
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As information in the database accumulated, additional requisite internal validation, internal to the engineering process, was performed.
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They used 10 studies that included 8254 participants, randomly using 2 / 3 of the data sets for development and the other 1 / 3 for internal validation.
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Crocker's study of the alcohol use of students uncovered that low self-esteem is not a predictor of alcohol use, but contingencies of self-worth correlated with internal validation ( family support, virtue, and religious faith ) did predict drinking behavior This shows that some of the contingencies common with the pursuit of self-esteem influence drinking, but levels of self-esteem itself does not.