Judy Wants to Estimate the Internal Consistency of a Survey

question 48

Multiple Choice

Judy wants to estimate the internal consistency of a survey on which the respondent marks (1) Not at all, (2) Sometimes, (3) Most of the time, or (4) Always. Which one of the following is most appropriate for her to use?

• A) Spearman Brown
• B) coefficient alpha
• C) Cohen's kappa
• D) KR-20

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Definitions:

Inverse Relationship

A relationship between two variables where an increase in one variable leads to a decrease in the other, and vice versa.

Accepting

In statistical hypothesis testing, referring to the decision not to reject the null hypothesis based on the evidence provided by the test results.

Failing to Reject

In hypothesis testing, it is the scenario where there isn’t enough evidence to reject the null hypothesis.

Null Hypothesis

A statement of no effect or no difference, serving as the default assumption to be tested against experimental evidence.