Exhibit 9-4: Following Is a List of Testing Practices

question 29

Multiple Choice

Exhibit 9-4: Following is a list of testing practices.Assuming other things are equal, indicate whether the practice would lower reliability, raise reliability, or neither.
-Refer to Exhibit 9-4.Removing ambiguous items from the test

• A) lower reliability
• B) raise reliability
• C) neither raise nor lower reliability

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