Identify and briefly describe two types of reliability
What will be an ideal response?
Test/retest reliability: Determined by assessing the degree of relationship between scores on the same test administered on two different occasions.
Alternate-forms reliability: Determined by assessing the degree of relationship between scores on two equivalent tests.
Split-half reliability: Determined by correlating scores on one half of a measure with scores on the other half of the measure.
Interrater reliability: Determined by assessing the agreement of observations made by two or more raters or judges.
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