Which of the following best describes the goal of assessing a measurement scales's reliabilty?

A. Items match each other
B. Sample is homogenous
C. We will get similar result on repeated trials
D. We are accurately measuring what we attempted to measure


C. We will get similar result on reported trials.

In reliability we should be able to get the same result over time or we will get similar or the same results on repeated trails.

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