Mateo has designed a survey study in which he asks about respondents' marital quality.He administers the survey to several different samples over the course of two years and discovers that the respondents do not seem to be answering the marital quality question in very consistent ways.This suggests Mateo's measure of marital quality has a ________ problem.
A)ratio
B)reliability
C)validity
D)time span

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The inconsistent responses suggest that the measure of marital quality lacks reliability, which refers to the degree to which a measure produces consistent results.

Mateo Has Designed a Survey Study in Which He Asks