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reliability
measurement in social science
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psychological testing and measurement
- In psychological testing: Primary characteristics of methods or instruments
Test reliability is affected by scoring accuracy, adequacy of content sampling, and the stability of the trait being measured. Scorer reliability refers to the consistency with which different people who score the same test agree. For a test with a definite answer key, scorer reliability is…
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public opinion polls
- In public opinion: Nonscientific polling
A reliable poll should indicate, for example, whether its results were based on sampling procedures that gave each member of a population a fair chance of being selected and whether each respondent was limited to one and only one chance of participating in the poll; it…
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