The degree in which the question measures what the analyst intends to measure is called:
A) external consistency.
B) internal consistency.
C) factoring.
D) validity.

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Validity refers to the extent to which a measure assesses what it is supposed to measure, therefore it is the degree in which the question measures what the analyst intends to measure. External consistency refers to how consistent a measure is with other measures of the same construct outside of the study, internal consistency refers to the degree to which items on a questionnaire or test are related to each other, and factoring refers to the process of identifying distinct factors or dimensions underlying a set of variables.

The Degree in Which the Question Measures What the Analyst