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An investigator computed the split-half reliability coefficient of a test and found it to be .85 . Later an equivalent form of the test was prepared and the reliability computed by administering the two forms to a group. One might expect that the reliability coefficient obtained by the latter procedure would be
 
  a. lower than .85 c. also .85.
  b. higher than .85.

Question 2

A language aptitude test is administered to 50 students who are entering an honors French course. After one semester, their scores from the final examination in the French course are correlated with the scores from the language aptitude test. The resulting correlation coefficient would provide what kind of evidence of the test's score validity?
 
  a. Content c. Concurrent
  b. Test-retest d. Criterion-related



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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

D



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