Matthew wants to assess the internal consistency of a new measure of nicotine cravings that he just developed. Which of the following would be the best way to test this?
A. Test whether the odd numbers of the measure are correlated with the even numbers of the measure.
B. Test whether Matthew’s new measure is correlated with another measure of nicotine cravings.
C. Test whether a participant gets the same score when he takes the measure before and after smoking a cigarette.
D. Test whether a group of smokers all get a similar score on the measure after smoking a cigarette.
Answer: A
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