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9 years ago
Assume you take your temperature with a thermometer three times over a 30-min period. The readings are 98, 106, and 89 degrees.
1.   Briefly discuss what you might conclude about the reliability of your thermometer given these measures.
2.   Briefly discuss what you might conclude about the validity of your thermometer given these measures.
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9 years ago
A) Reliability is low.

B) Not sure. How has your course defined validity? Please let me know! Slight Smile

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9 years ago
Validity we said it was correlating a new measure with an old one
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9 years ago

I see, I found this chart that might help.

I would say it is valid.
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