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Which of the following tactics would not improve the reliability of a measure?
 
  a. be sure the questions are written clearly
   b. increase the error variance
  c. administer the measure in the same way to all participants
  d. train observers carefully
  e. all of these would improve reliability

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Changes in people over short time periods during a study involve which threat to internal validity?


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mcinincha279

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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kaid0807

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Wow, this really help

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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