The percentage of variation within a given population that is due to genetic factors is called:
A)reliability.
B)validity.
C)heritability.
D)variability.

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Heritability refers to the percentage of variation within a population that is due to genetic factors. Reliability refers to the consistency of a measure, validity refers to whether a measure actually assesses what it is intended to assess, and variability refers to the extent to which scores in a distribution differ from each other.

The Percentage of Variation Within a Given Population That Is