Measurement that includes a large error component will have very low ____.
A) face validity
B) concurrent validity
C) reliability
D) construct validity

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Reliability refers to the consistency and stability of measurement over time or across different situations. A measurement with a large error component will be less reliable, meaning it will produce inconsistent and unstable results, and thus have very low reliability. Face validity refers to whether a measure appears to assess the intended construct based on its face value, concurrent validity refers to how well a measure correlates with other measures of the same construct at the same time, and construct validity refers to how well a measure actually measures the intended construct. While a measurement with a large error component may also have low face validity and construct validity, these are not as directly related to the size of the error component as reliability is.

Measurement That Includes a Large Error Component Will Have Very