Hannah Has Developed a Scale for Assessing Social Interaction Among

question 18

Multiple Choice

Hannah has developed a scale for assessing social interaction among children with moderate to severe developmental disabilities.Because it is in the early stages,she has many dozens of potential items and decides to create two versions of the test from among her many items and then have individual observers score the same children using the two different versions.Hannah is assessing ____ reliability.

• A)inter-rater
• B)test-retest
• C)parallel-forms
• D)internal consistency

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Definitions:

Natural Context

The original or genuine environment in which a subject or phenomenon naturally occurs, without artificial interference.

Independent Variable

The variable that is intentionally changed by the researcher in an experiment to see if it produces an effect.

Internal Validity

Refers to how well a study is conducted, specifically whether it establishes a causal relationship between variables.

Causal Relationship

A connection between variables where a change in one directly influences the change in another.