Which of the Following Would NOT Be Considered Strong Evidence

question 10

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would NOT be considered strong evidence of validity in a questionnaire measure of emotional intensity?

• A) Researchers who study emotion agree that the items in the questionnaire do a good job of capturing the concept of emotional intensity.
• B) Participants who complete the questionnaire multiple times get the same score each time.
• C) Scores on the measure accurately predict how strongly people react to emotional experiences in their day-to-day lives.
• D) All of the above would be considered strong evidence of validity.

---

Definitions:

An Essay on the Principle of Population

A work by Thomas Malthus arguing that population growth would outpace agricultural production, leading to widespread poverty and famine unless controlled by societal measures.

Thomas Malthus

An 18th-century British economist known for his theory on population growth, which posits that population increases geometrically while food supply increases arithmetically.

Total Fertility Rates

The average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime, given current birth rates.

Death Rates

A measure of the number of deaths in a particular population, scaled per unit of time, typically expressed per 1,000 individuals per year.