To Minimize the Potential That Scores on an Instrument May

question 14

Multiple Choice

To minimize the potential that scores on an instrument may be artificially inflated after people take the same test a second time, researchers sometimes assess __________ reliability rather than test-retest reliability.

• A) internal-consistency
• B) split-half
• C) alternative-form
• D) item-to-item

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