The Textbook Defines Test Reliability as the Ratio Between the Variance

question 22

Multiple Choice

The textbook defines test reliability as the ratio between the variance of the

• A) error scores and true scores.
• B) true scores and observed scores.
• C) error scores and observed scores.
• D) two sets of scores from identical or equivalent tests.

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