Stability over time is to _____ reliability as equivalency of items is to _____ reliability.
a. test/retest; interrater
b. interrater; alternate-forms
c. split-half; test/retest
d. test/retest; split-half
Which of the following is not a type of reliability?
a. criterion reliability
b. test-retest reliability
c. interrater reliability
d. alternate-forms reliability
If observers disagree 20 times out of 80, then the interrater reliability is:
a. .25.
b. .75.
c. 4.0.
d. not able to be determined.
If observers agree 40 times out of 60, then the interrater reliability is:
a. 1.5.
b. .67.
c. .33.
d. not able to be determined.
Which of the following is true?
a. Test-retest reliability is determined by assessing the degree of relationship between scores on two different, equivalent tests.
b. Split-half reliability is determined by assessing the degree of relationship between scores on the same test, administered on two different occasions.
c. Test-retest reliability is determined by assessing the degree of relationship between scores on the same test, administered on two different occasions.
d. Inter-rater reliability is determined by assessing the degree of relationship between scores on two different, equivalent tests.
An inverse relationship between two variables in which an increase in one variable is related to a decrease in the other, and vice versa is _____.
a. a positive correlation
b. a negative correlation
c. a correlation coefficient
d. negative reliability
A direct relationship between two variables in which an increase in one is related to an increase in the other, and a decrease in one is related to a decrease in the other is _____.
a. a positive correlation
b. a negative correlation
c. a correlation coefficient
d. positive reliability
Which of the following correlation coefficients represents the highest (best) reliability score?
a. +.10
b. .89
c. +.69
d. .10
Which of the following correlation coefficients represent the variables with the strongest degree of relationship?
a. 1.00
b. .69
c. +.76
d. +.10
Which of the following correlation coefficients represents the variables with the weakest degree of relationship?
a. 1.00
b. .69
c. +.76
d. +.10