Validity is the consistency with which the same measure produces similar results time after time, whereas reliability is the degree to which a measure is accurate and really measures what it claims to measure.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
Reliability is the consistency with which the same measure produces similar results time after time, whereas validity is the degree to which a measure is accurate and really measures what it claims to measure. See 2-3: The Scientific Method
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