Psychologist Lasich is conducting an assessment of a new patient and performs an IQ test. Her new patient is young, anxious, and appears to be weary of the therapeutic sessions
Not trusting her initial results, Lasich conducts a second IQ test to confirm the results of the first. To her surprise both scores were consistent with each other. Psychologist Lasich is testing for ____.
a. reliability
b. validity
c. heuristics
d. variability
A. Reliability refers to being consistent across more than one occasion.
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a. two; ±1.96 b. one; ±1.65 c. two; ±1.65 d. one; ±1.96
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