Measures of Test-Retest Reliability Are Sometimes Considered Inappropriate for the Evaluation

question 78

Multiple Choice

Measures of test-retest reliability are sometimes considered inappropriate for the evaluation of health status because

• A) health status tests should not given at multiple points in time.
• B)variations in health status may be related to true changes over time rather than measurement error.
• C)there is no domain of health status.
• D)health status is too complicated to measure.

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