RESEARCH STUDY 5.2
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.
-Refer to Research Study 5.2 above to answer the following question. 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 degree to which a measure accurately assesses the construct it is intended to measure. If Dr. Sheffield's measure does not actually measure pathological gambling, it lacks validity. Reliability refers to the consistency of the measure, while conceptualization and operationalization refer to the clarity and specificity of the construct being measured.

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