If you are using the test-retest measurement of reliability, a perfectly reliable test will yield
a. a correlation coefficient of +1.00.
b. a correlation coefficient of 0.00.
c. comparable scores on parallel forms of the test.
d. high internal consistency on a measure of split-half reliability.
Answer: a. a correlation coefficient of +1.00.
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