Dr Ramos Highlighted the Importance of the Initial Steps in Setting

question 101

Multiple Choice

Dr. Ramos highlighted the importance of the initial steps in setting up a research study when discussing protocol with his graduate students. He emphasized that it is extremely important that a study's measures have _____, meaning the individual items on a scale are interrelated, otherwise it is a waste of time to proceed with additional analyses.

• A) internal consistency reliability
• B) content validity
• C) face validity
• D) test-retest reliability

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