The Difference Between Reliability and Validity Is That Reliability Is

question 59

Multiple Choice

The difference between reliability and validity is that reliability is ___ and validity is ___.

• A) the degree to which a test score correlates with some external criterion; the degree to which a test score reflects an individual's true abilities
• B) the extent that scores predict future scores; the accuracy of these scores
• C) how well scores correlate with future measures; the extent that scores on one test correlate with scores on a similar test
• D) the consistency in test scores over time; the extent to which a test measures what it says it measures

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