When a researcher who is studying IQ focuses on ensuring that her questions measure intelligence and not other factors, what is she concerned with?
A) reliability
B) validity
C) operationalization
D) hypotheses

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The researcher is concerned with ensuring the questions have validity, meaning they accurately measure what they are intended to measure, in this case intelligence. Reliability refers to the consistency of results, operationalization refers to defining variables in measurable terms, and hypotheses are testable predictions or explanations.

When a Researcher Who Is Studying IQ Focuses on Ensuring