Question: Which of the following concepts are most likely associated with the reliability of a measure?

Answer: true score and measurement error

Question: In split-half reliability, the corrected reliability is termed the ______ reliability coefficient.

Answer: Spearman-Brown split-half

Question: Alternate forms reliability requires administering ______.

Answer: two different forms of the same test to the same individuals at two points in time

Question: The statistical stability of measures can be assessed using ______.

Answer: correlation coefficients

Question: The distance between a true score and an observed score is referred to as a ______.

Answer: measurement error

Question: In the context of test-retest reliability, it is difficult to say how high the correlation should be for one to accept the measurement as reliable. However, for most measures the reliability coefficient should be at least ______.

Answer: .80

Question: True or false: Trying to study behavior using unreliable measures is a waste of time because the results will be unstable and unable to be replicated.

Answer: True

Question: The correlation coefficient most commonly referred to when discussing reliability is ______.

Answer: the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient

Question: If a reliable measure of behavior fluctuates, there is ______.

Answer: error in the measurement device

Question: The real score of an individual on a given variable is referred to as a ______ score

Answer: True