Consider This Statement: "The Scranton Intelligence Scale and the New

question 44

Multiple Choice

Consider this statement: "The Scranton Intelligence Scale and the New York Intelligence Scale must be measuring the same construct (intelligence) as indicated by their test titles." This statement is an example of ___.

• A) a self-contradiction
• B) the jingle fallacy
• C) criterion contamination
• D) confusing norms with validity

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