A student complains that a midterm examination did not include items from a particular in-class lecture.From a psychometric perspective,the students is expressing concern about the midterm's
A) test-retest reliability.
B) internal consistency reliability.
C) content validity.
D) cross-validation.

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Content validity measures the extent to which an assessment tool, such as a test, includes items that are relevant to the construct being measured. In this case, if the student is complaining that the midterm did not include items from a particular lecture, they are expressing concern about whether the exam had content validity, as it did not cover all the relevant material. Test-retest reliability refers to the consistency of scores over time, internal consistency reliability refers to the consistency of scores across items within the same test, and cross-validation refers to the process of testing a model or procedure on a different dataset than the one used to develop it. None of these concepts directly address the student's concern about the inclusion of certain content on the exam.

A Student Complains That a Midterm Examination Did Not Include