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Melani1276

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

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Melani1276

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Reply 2 on: Jun 19, 2018
:D TYSM


AngeliqueG

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

 

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