When conducting psychological research we want the research to be valid. Reliability and validity are necessary ingredients of valid research. The relationship between validity and reliability is that
A) if the research is reliable you can be certain that it is valid.
B) reliability causes validity.
C) the research must be reliable for it to be valid but a reliable research measurement is not necessarily valid.
D) the research must be valid for it to be reliable

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Reliability refers to the consistency of a measure, while validity refers to the accuracy of a measure. For research to be valid (accurately measure what it is supposed to measure), it first needs to be reliable (produce consistent results under consistent conditions). However, just because a measure is reliable does not guarantee its validity; a measure could consistently produce the same results (reliable) but still not accurately measure what it's supposed to (valid).

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