You have designed a new device to measure percent body fat and you are comparing it to the "gold standard" currently in use, DEXA. The measurements you're producing with your instrument on a given subject are consistent from one day to the next, but they're very different than the measures you obtain using the DEXA method on those same subjects. This indicates your instrument has __________________

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


poor validity

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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What will be an ideal response?

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