The Main Difference Between the Parallel Forms and Splite-Half Techniques

question 67

Multiple Choice

The main difference between the parallel forms and splite-half techniques for assessing reliability is that

• A) the parallel forms techniques involves testing participants on two separate occasions and the split-half technique does not.
• B) items are arbitrarily divided for comparison in the parallel forms procedure but this is not true for the split-half technique.
• C) a high positive correlation between scores reflects good reliability for the parallel forms procedure but a high negative correlation is indicative of good reliability for the split-half procedure.
• D) split-half correlations reflect stability whereas parallel forms correlations do not.

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