A Researcher Administers Two Instruments Known to Measure Opposite Concepts

question 10

Multiple Choice

A researcher administers two instruments known to measure opposite concepts and performs correlational analyses on the results.The original measure has a negative correlation of -0.6 with the new measure.This indicates

• A) both measures are valid.
• B) neither measure is valid.
• C) only the first measure is valid.
• D) only the second measure is valid.

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