Shizuka Administered a Self-Developed Depression Scale Twice on a Group

question 143

Multiple Choice

Shizuka administered a self-developed depression scale twice on a group of patients at a hospital.At both times,she observed that different scores were yielded by the same set of patients.From this scenario,it can be concluded that Shizuka's scale lacks

• A)convergence.
• B)divergence.
• C)reliability.
• D)validity.

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