If a hypothetical scale meant to assess knowledge of zoology contained questions about animals, plants, and inanimate objects, the scale would be said to have low _______ validity.
A) convergent
B) predictive
C) content
D) concurrent
E) none of the above

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Content validity refers to the extent to which a test measures the content or domain it is supposed to measure. If a scale aimed at evaluating zoology knowledge involves questions about plants and inanimate objects that are not related to zoology, it would have low content validity. Convergent validity evaluates whether a test is highly correlated with similar tests measuring the same construct, predictive validity evaluates whether a test can predict future outcomes, and concurrent validity evaluates whether a test correlates well with a criterion that is measured at the same time. None of these are relevant to the issue of content validity in this scenario.

If a Hypothetical Scale Meant to Assess Knowledge of Zoology