In Testing an Instrument Consisting of 25 Items for Homogeneity

question 10

Multiple Choice

In testing an instrument consisting of 25 items for homogeneity using the item to total correlation,eight items were found to have a low correlation to the total.How should the researcher use this information?

• A) Use the instrument without changes.
• B) Use the instrument only with a multitrait-multimethod approach.
• C) Retain the eight items with low correlation and delete the other 17 items.
• D) Delete the eight items with low correlation and retain the other 17 items.