Author Question: Why would we expect the correlation coefficient for a measure of reliability to be positive? What ... (Read 58 times)

Melani1276 · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

Why would we expect the correlation coefficient for a measure of reliability to be positive?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Based on a few students whom you know, you decide that art majors wear funky clothes and that physics majors tend to be nerds. This is an example of inductive reasoning.

a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false

welcom1000 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Because reliability is a measure of consistency, individuals should receive the same score, or close to the same score, each time they take a test, on each half of a test, or on alternate forms of the test. Thus, we would expect the correlation coefficient to be positive, indicating consistency or similar scores. If the correlation were negative, this would not indicate consistency.

Answer to Question 2

True