To Measure Children's Social Skills, You Decide to Use the Number

question 22

Multiple Choice

To measure children's social skills, you decide to use the number of interactions children have with other children as your measure of social skills. As you collect data, you notice that some children who have many interactions do not seem to be very socially skilled because many of their interactions are negative. This makes you question the __________ of your measure.

• A) sampling
• B) stability
• C) validity
• D) reliability

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Definitions:

Hypothetical-deductive Reasoning

A method of problem-solving or decision-making that involves forming hypotheses and deducing their implications to see which best fits the evidence.

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Algebraic Equation

A mathematical statement that shows the equality of two expressions, which are connected by an equals sign and involve at least one variable.

Formal-operational Thinking

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