Mr.Gannon tells his class that he is going to give them an intelligence test.The test,he says,is only a page long and will accurately tell him whether or not each student has a high IQ.When Moira receives her copy of the test,she sees that the questions include items like "Mr.Gannon is the best teacher I've ever had" and "I tell my parents what a good job Mr.Gannon does when he is teaching me." Clearly,Moira thinks,this test has little
A) internal consistency.
B) crystallized intelligence.
C) construct validity.
D) criterion-related validity.

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The questions on the test do not seem to have anything to do with measuring intelligence, which suggests that the test lacks construct validity (i.e. it does not measure what it claims to measure). Internal consistency refers to the degree to which the questions on the test are related to each other, and cannot be determined from the information given. Crystallized intelligence and criterion-related validity are unrelated to the issue at hand.

MrGannon Tells His Class That He Is Going to Give