What Is Software

question 21

Multiple Choice

What is software?

• A) Any computer-based tool that people use to work with information and support the information and information-processing needs of an organization
• B) The set of instructions that the hardware executes to carry out specific tasks
• C) Consists of the physical devices associated with a computer system
• D) An electronic device operating under the control of instructions stored in its own memory that can accept, manipulate, and store data

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Definitions:

Interrater Reliability

An indicator of reliability that examines the agreement of observations made by two or more raters (judges).

Alternate Forms Reliability

Assessment of reliability by administering two different forms of the same measure to the same individuals at two points in time.

Split-half Reliability

A measure of consistency where a test is divided into two parts and the scores on both halves are compared to assess the test's reliability.

Predictivity

The ability of a model or test to accurately forecast outcomes or behaviors.