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Dr. Hindsmith has developed a new test for IQ. When Dr. Hindsmith distributes the new test to college students and finds that the students score the same every time they take the test, but that the test does not predict how they perform on other IQ tests. Dr. Hindsmith's test appears to have reliability but not validity. True or false?

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Answer: True

Step-by-step explanation:

Reliability is the factor that defines measure consistency in test, research or other measurements.It depicts the extent to which the measure is stable for different participants and variable time period.

Validity is the factor that describes accuracy and preciseness of the test.It reflects that the test is measuring the claimed or intended measure.

According to the question,Dr. Hindsmith test is reliable but does not display validity as score of students is consistent in test but it does not define their performance in other test.

Thus, the given statement is true.

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