If you weighed yourself using a bathroom scale that always reads five pounds under the actual weight, which of the following aspects of a good measurement would you be violating?
A)Validity
B)Reliability
C)Unbiasedness
D)None of the above.

Question

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The scale showing a consistent underestimation of weight by five pounds violates the principle of unbiasedness, as it consistently reports a value that is not accurate, introducing a systematic error or bias into the measurements.

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