A researcher administers a new personality test to 20 college students.Six months later she readministers the test and finds that her results are not at all consistent with those gathered at the first test administration.The researcher's test has a problem of:

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The problem here is with the consistency of the test results, which refers to reliability. If the test was unreliable, then the results would not be consistent across time, as was observed. Validity refers to whether the test measures what it is intended to measure, and there is no information suggesting that the test is invalid. Probability and replicative credibility are not relevant to the problem described.

A Researcher Administers a New Personality Test to 20 College