Professor Smith is studying attitudes toward gun control and plans to assess support for firearms registration by determining whether or not her research subjects say they would travel to countries where the possession of unlicensed guns is legal.Her critics argue that this measure lacks:
A) face validity
B) construct validity
C) convergent validity
D) criterion-related validity

Question

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This measure lacks face validity because it is not directly related to support for firearms registration. Traveling to countries where unlicensed guns are legal may be influenced by a variety of other factors and does not necessarily reflect one's attitude toward gun control policies.

Professor Smith Is Studying Attitudes Toward Gun Control and Plans