Hillary Is Interested in a High Degree of Connectedness Between

question 147

Multiple Choice

Hillary is interested in a high degree of connectedness between the items on her scale of childhood anxiety. She is most interested in:

• A) test-retest reliability.
• B) internal consistency reliability.
• C) alternative forms reliability.
• D) equivalent forms reliability.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability in a set of data points, indicating how much the values deviate from the mean.

Risk Averse Investor

An investor who prefers to minimize risks, opting for safer investments with lower returns instead of higher risk ones with potentially higher returns.

Expected Return

The weighted average of all possible returns from an investment, with the weights being the probabilities of each outcome.

Required Return

The minimum expected return by investors for investing in a particular asset, considering its risk profile.