Professor Flummox gives her new test of psychological aptitude to her psychology students at the start of the year. At the end of the year, she finds out that those students who received excellent scores on her test averaged only a C in her courses. A shortcoming of the test is that it lacks:

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The fact that students who did well on the test received low grades in the course suggests that the test did not have criterion validity – it did not accurately predict performance in the course. This could be due to various factors, such as the test measuring different skills or knowledge than what is required in the course, or the test not effectively measuring the construct of psychological aptitude. None of the other answer choices seem to fit as well with the scenario described.

Professor Flummox Gives Her New Test of Psychological Aptitude to Her