Suppose You Take a Psychological Test and Receive a Score

question 242

Multiple Choice

Suppose you take a psychological test and receive a score of 82 (out of a possible 100) on it. Imagine that you take the same test again two days later and this time you receive a score of 46. Other people who have taken the test twice have also had similar positive and negative changes in scores. These results mean that this test has

• A)low internal consistency
• B)high internal consistency
• C)low test-retest reliability
• D)high test-retest reliability

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