A student confronts a professor and says, "You assigned Chapters 7 through 10 but nearly all of the items came from Chapter 7. How can you evaluate whether we know anything about the other material we were supposed to read?" The student is challenging the test on the basis of
A)face validity.
B)content validity.
C)criterion validity.
D)construct validity.

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Content validity refers to how well a test measures the entire range of material it's supposed to cover. The student's complaint that the test focused almost exclusively on Chapter 7, neglecting Chapters 8 through 10, directly questions whether the test accurately assesses knowledge of the entire assigned content, thus challenging its content validity.

A Student Confronts a Professor and Says, "You Assigned Chapters