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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Criterion validity refers to the extent to which a test accurately measures what it is intended to measure, and in this case, it appears that the test did not accurately predict students' performance in the psychology courses. This suggests a lack of criterion validity, rather than issues with reliability, sample representativeness, or double-blind procedures.

Professor Flummox Gives Her New Test of Psychological Aptitude to Her