Question

High school seniors in a small town are asked a series of questions to measure the frequency of their drinking and driving. The students give consistent answers to the series of questions, but police records indicate that drinking and driving is much more common than indicated by the students' responses. This suggests that the measure of frequency of drinking and driving is:A. Valid but not reliable B. Reliable but not valid C. Both reliable and valid D. Neither reliable nor valid

Answer 1

Letter B is correct. Reliable but not valid.

Step-by-step explanation:

This alternative suggests that this measure analyzed in the survey is reliable but not valid. This occurs when research is consistent but inefficiently constructed. In this case, a sample of young people from a small town was considered, which despite having its consistency considered and reliable, does not represent the results of data from police records.