Mark has constructed a test to measure adolescents' creativity. After administering the test many times with different groups of adolescents, Mark found that the test consistently measured adolescents' ability to solve math problems. This test is

a. valid, but not reliable.
b. neither valid nor reliable.
c. neither generalizable nor valid.
d. reliable, but not valid.


Answer: d

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