Cathy is given the task of measuring the volume of water a wading pool will hold. Unfortunately, the instrument she chooses to use to accomplish this task is a thermometer. Cathy is carrying out a procedure that is NOT a _____ measure of volume.

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Validity refers to whether a measure actually measures what it is supposed to measure. In this case, using a thermometer to measure the volume of water in a wading pool is not a valid measure of volume, as a thermometer is designed to measure temperature, not volume.

Cathy Is Given the Task of Measuring the Volume of Water