Jacqueline Wanted to Assess the Reliability of Ratings Made of Children's

question 27

Multiple Choice

Jacqueline wanted to assess the reliability of ratings made of children's aggressive behavior so she had two students rate the degree of aggression displayed by each of 50 children while engaged in play. She then compared the ratings made by these two students and computed the degree of agreement between them. Jacqueline used what method of assessing reliability?

• A) split-half reliability
• B) interrater reliability
• C) internal consistency reliability
• D) test-retest reliability

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