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If a diagnosis helps clinicians make good predictions and informs them of the likely course of the disorder, psychologists would say that the diagnosis has
 
  a) interrater reliability.
  b) construct validity.
  c) test validity.
  d) internal consistency.

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Random assignment means
 
  A) a study has a control group and an experimental group.
  B) a study is correlational.
  C) every research subject has an equal chance of being in the control or experimental group.
  D) every research subject spent time on a waiting list before being included.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

C


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