Dr. Waring teaches computer programming, and in the first class of the semester all the students complete the Spence Programming Aptitude Test (SPAT). Dr. Waring looks at the scores on the SPAT at the end of the semester, and over the past 8 years, Dr. Waring has found that the students who have scored the highest on the SPAT typically earn the highest grades in the class; the students who do
poorly on the SPAT often fail to complete the course. Dr. Waring's research suggests that the SPAT:
a. has low validity
b. has been well standardized
c. has high validity
d. would have low test-retest reliability
C
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