According to the Text, Which of the Following Is NOT

question 86

Multiple Choice

According to the text, which of the following is NOT true of alternate form reliability estimates?

• A) They are used to circumvent the problem of improvement due to practice which can occur in estimates of test-retest reliability.
• B) they require the creation of two forms of the same test, in which the questions are phrased slightly differently but are intended to assess the same construct as the first.
• C) They are used to circumvent the problem of familiarity with questions which can occur in estimates of test-retest reliability.
• D) A low correlation between the two forms demonstrates good alternate-form reliability.
• E) A high correlation between the two forms demonstrates good alternate-form reliability.

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