If both depressed and nondepressed individuals receive similar scores on a diagnostic test for depression, it is said that the test:
a. has not been standardized.
b. is not valid.
c. is not reliable.
d. has not been factor-analyzed.
e. does not produce scores that form a normal distribution.
Ans: b. is not valid.
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