Dr. Frances is curious about how her students are doing midway through her introductory psychology course. In order to evaluate their knowledge of the first half of the class content, Dr. Frances administered a 10-question behavioral statistics quiz. If
Dr. Frances did not emphasize statistics in the first half of the course, what would you predict about the exam’s ability to accurately measure her student’s learning?
a. The exam would be valid and reliable.
b. The exam would be unreliable.
c. The exam would be invalid.
d. The exam would be valid, but not reliable.
Answer: C
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