A researcher administers two instruments known to measure opposite concepts and performs correlational analyses on the results. The original measure has a negative correlation of ?7?0.6 with the new measure. This indicates
a. both measures are valid.
b. neither measure is valid.
c. only the first measure is valid.
d. only the second measure is valid.
ANS: A
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