1. Test-Retest Reliability – this indicates the stability of testing over a time period.
2. Alternate Forms Reliability – use of two-test testing the same variable.
3. Inter-rater Reliability – this is used in observations in behavior. I.e Observer scores are compared to each other for similarities and differences.
4. Testing of Responses for Reliability Suggestions:
- internally consistent (i.e. the subject’s answer to question #1 is the same answer as found in question #10)
- Kuder-Richarson Split Half test (KR-20 and KR-21)
- Spearman-Brown formula
- Co-efficient alpha testing
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Creswell, J. W. (2012). Educational Research: Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research (4th ed.). Addison Wesley.