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swpotter12

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Professor Wapner wants to develop a new psychometric test of anxiety. He must be careful to have the various items on the test yield similar results to ensure that it will be high in ____.
 
  a. interrater reliability
  b. test-retest reliability
  c. construct validity
 d. internal consistency

Question 2

A psychologist gives the same test to a client twice. The tests are separated by six days. If the test results are quite dissimilar, we could say that the test has weak ____.
 
  a. test-retest reliability
  b. interrater reliability
  c. internal consistency
  d. predictive validity



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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

a



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