Dr Wilson is trying to construct a new test to measure motivation. A colleague looks at some of the questions and asks "what do these have to do with motivation? They look more like they measure creativity." The colleague is complaining that the test lacks
A) a normal distribution
B) standardization.
C) reliability.
D) validity.

Question

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The colleague's concern that the questions on the test don't seem to measure motivation indicates a lack of validity. Validity refers to whether a test is measuring what it's intended to measure, so if the questions on the test aren't actually measuring motivation, the test doesn't have good validity.

Dr Wilson Is Trying to Construct a New Test to Measure