If students complain that a history test was not a good reflection of what they knew about history, then the test may have low:
A)Reliability
B)Objectivity
C)Validity
D)Variability

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The term "validity" refers to the degree to which a test actually measures what it is intended to measure. If students feel that the test was not a good reflection of their knowledge of history, then this suggests that the validity of the test may be low. Reliability refers to the consistency of the results obtained from a test, objectivity refers to the degree to which multiple raters would agree on the results obtained from a test, and variability refers to the degree to which scores on a test vary. While these concepts are also important in test design, they do not directly relate to the issue of whether the test accurately measures what it is supposed to measure.

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