If We Wanted to Make a Scale That Had High

question 3

Multiple Choice

If we wanted to make a scale that had high internal-consistency reliability but still had good content validity,which of the following would we need to have?
1) Items that are substantially correlated with each other
2) Items that together cover all aspects of the intended characteristic
3) Items that are all virtually uncorrelated with each other
4) Items that all focus on the same specific aspect of the intended characteristic.

• A)1 and 2
• B)1 and 3
• C)2 and 3
• D)2 and 4
• E)3 and 4

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Definitions:

Chosen B

A selection or preference identified as option B.

Praxiscope

An early animation device that creates the illusion of motion by spinning a series of still images viewed through slits; a precursor to modern animated filmmaking.

Daguerreotype

A photograph made by an early method on a plate of chemically treated metal; developed by Louis J. M. Daguerre.

Calotype

From the Greek kalos, “beautiful.” A photographic process in which a positive image is made by shining light through a negative image onto a sheet of sensitized paper.