A Bathroom Scale Is Broken and Always Shows a Weight

question 115

Multiple Choice

A bathroom scale is broken and always shows a weight of 150 pounds,no matter who steps on it.As a measure of weight,the broken scale lacks:

• A)reliability.
• B)validity.
• C)consistency.
• D)parsimony.

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