The students of a university in Massachusetts were asked to evaluate their professors and the courses they teach. The results revealed that most of the students gave a very low rating to one of their professors because they did not like his teaching techniques. The data collected in this scenario is most likely to lack _____.

A. complexity
B. probability
C. validity
D. nonprobability
E. flexibility


Answer: C

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