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                                        (they         Example: A test with items such as “I like to push people  around” and “Some people find me threatening” might be  reliable, but it’s not valid if it is presumed to measure





                                        valid                                  To be valid, tests must measure what they were





                                        not consistently), but not valid (they don



                                        but   authors claim or presume).










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                       y                consistently)  p                             designed to assess.
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