Conrad's economic's professor tells the class that the next exam will cover Chapters 5 though 7 of their text. The day of the exam, the professor accidentally photocopies the exam from the previous semester, which includes a number of questions from Chapters 8 and 9. In this case, the students might reasonably argue that the exam
A) had poor construct validity.
B) lacked reliability.
C) had been improperly standardized.
D) had poor content validity.

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Poor content validity refers to a test that does not adequately measure the material it is supposed to cover. In this case, the inclusion of questions from Chapters 8 and 9 on an exam that was supposed to cover only Chapters 5 through 7 means that the exam has poor content validity.

Conrad's Economic's Professor Tells the Class That the Next Exam