When the Internal Consistency of a Test Is Being Determined

question 31

Multiple Choice

When the internal consistency of a test is being determined on the basis of the Kuder-Richardson formula (KR21) , then it should NOT be followed by

• A) any attempts to determine predictive validity
• B) any attempts to determine concurrent validity
• C) the Spearman-Brown prophecy formula
• D) none of these, since the KR21 is NOT an internal consistency measure

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