To measure children's social skill, you decide to use the number of interactions children have with other children as your measure of social skill. As you collect data, you notice that some children who have many interactions do not seem to be very socially skilled because many of their interactions are negative. This makes you question the ________ of your measure.
A)sampling
B)stability
C)validity
D)representativeness

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The issue being raised here is the validity of using number of interactions as a measure of social skill. The measure may not accurately capture the construct it is intended to measure (i.e. social skill) if it includes negative interactions or misses positive interactions. Therefore, validating the measure in terms of its ability to assess what it's supposed to assess (social skill) is important.

To Measure Children's Social Skill, You Decide to Use the Number