Dr Lopez Is Assessing How Well New Drivers Recognize Road

question 31

Multiple Choice

Dr. Lopez is assessing how well new drivers recognize road signs from far away. He does this by testing their eyesight, as well as how they perform on a driving simulation task. Their eyesight scores are highly correlated with the number of errors they make on the driving task. Participants generally score the same on each test when they take them again. It seems that the measures Dr. Lopez is using are

• A) reliable and valid.
• B) reliable but not valid.
• C) valid but not reliable.
• D) neither valid nor reliable.

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