Which of the following errors will reduce the validity of a measure of the weight of a person without reducing the reliability of the measure?
A) The scale is not properly adjusted so that it always gives a reading that is six pounds too low.
B) Participants are weighed wearing whatever clothes they happen to be wearing when they walk into the laboratory.
C) Two different scales, each properly calibrated to give accurate readings, are used.
D) All of the above
Answer: A
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a. leaders who face an internal crisis so they provoke an international crisis to divert domestic rebellion. b. when leaders who are losing one war start another to divert attention away from the losing conflict. c. international organizations who try to divert both sides in a conflict to diplomatic solutions rather than violence. d. insurgent groups who launch a diversionary strike to draw government forces away from their true target. e. None of the above is true.
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