Question

Suppose that researchers find that if they ask respondents to report their happiness twice over the course of an interview, the respondents nearly always give identical responses. However, they also find that respondents are generally unwilling to report feeling unhappy because they think they will be judged negatively by the interviewer. This measure of happiness would be __________.

Answer 1

Answer:

Reliable but not valid

Explanation:

Validity and reliability are two concepts in research study that is used for evaluating the quality of a research. They show how well a test, or a method measures something. Reliability is a measure of how consistent the test or measure is, while validity measures the accuracy level of the test or measure. In the example above, the measure is reliable, because the consistency of the result is not in doubt here, what is in doubt is how accurate the measure us. Here the respondents are unwilling to report unhappy feelings because they dont want to be judged, hence validity will be questioned here.