Brenda is developing a test to identify children who are likely to become "school refusers" (i.e. ,they refuse to attend school).She finds that the test is very accurate in identifying girls,but tends to be far less accurate in identifying boys at risk.This is particularly distressing to Brenda,as children identified as potential school refusers receive more positive attention and additional services from the school.Brenda is concerned about the test's ____.
A)face validity
B)consequential validity
C)test-retest reliability
D)split-half reliability

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Consequential validity refers to the extent to which test results have real-world consequences. Brenda is worried about the consequences of the test not accurately identifying boys who may need extra support, which affects the consequential validity of the test. Face validity refers to the extent to which a test appears to measure what it claims to measure, test-retest reliability refers to the consistency of test scores over time, and split-half reliability refers to the consistency of test scores across different halves of the test.

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