Which one of the following methods of estimating reliability/precision requires dividing the test into halves and then correlating the set of individual test scores on the first half with the set of individual test scores on the second half?

A. test–retest method
B. coefficient alpha
C. split-half method
D. correlation method


Ans: C

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