Dr.Sheffield is a clinical psychologist who specializes in treating pathological gambling.Pathological gambling is defined as being unable to resist impulses to gamble.Bothered by not having a good measure that he can give to clients to determine whether they are suffering from this condition,he creates a new measure of pathological gambling.The measure has 15 questions,and it takes 20 minutes to complete.

-If Dr.Sheffield's measure does not actually measure pathological gambling,his measure is said to lack which of the following?

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-If Dr.Sheffield's measure does not actually measure pathological gambling,his measure is said to lack which of the following?

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Validity refers to the extent to which a measure actually measures what it is intended to measure. If Dr. Sheffield's measure does not actually measure pathological gambling, then it lacks validity. Reliability refers to the consistency or stability of a measure over time, and conceptualization refers to defining and clarifying the concept being measured. Operationalization refers to the process of defining specific procedures for measuring a concept, which is not relevant to the issue described in the scenario.

DrSheffield Is a Clinical Psychologist Who Specializes in Treating Pathological