How Can Reliability Be Reduced with Many Items Close to a P

question 8

Multiple Choice

How can reliability be reduced with many items close to a p value of 1.0?

• A)The total score is transformed in an oblique manner.
• B)The total score is an area transformation.
• C)This results in a restricted range of scores.
• D)This results in an artificially inflated validity coefficient.

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