Professor Myth asked respondents whether they had ever been divorced.One year later Professor Myth asked the same respondents the same question.Myth found that with repeated applications of the measure,different responses were obtained for the same respondent.This means that the measuring instrument was
A)unreliable.
B)invalid.
C)unreliable or the value on the variable had changed.
D)lacking face validity.
E)inaccurate.

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The different responses could indicate that the measuring instrument is unreliable, or it could mean that the respondent's marital status genuinely changed over the year.

Professor Myth Asked Respondents Whether They Had Ever Been Divorced