Which of the following is a measure of internal consistency of a measure ?
Cronbach’s alpha
Internal consistency reliability shows how well the items of a single instrument measure the same construct, using one administration of the instrument.
Cronbach’s alpha (α) is the standard index of internal consistency; it is based on the average inter-item correlation and the number of items, and values of about 0.70 or above are usually taken as acceptable.
Test–retest reliability measures stability over time (two administrations), a correlation coefficient is a general index of relationship between two variables, and the t-test compares group means; none of them specifically measures internal consistency.
Hence, the answer is Cronbach’s alpha.
For detecting errors in teaching-learning process, the appropriate data collection tool will be .......... .
Open-ended questions ..........
(i) Mostly provide qualitative data.
(ii) Provide data in respondent’s own words.
(iii) Provide data based on the pre-defined options provided by the researcher
(iv) Generally get less response
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Assertion (A) : The ‘diary’ technique enables to collect data about daily activities and experiences of the respondents, recorded by himself.
Reason (R) : The ‘diary’ technique is the most used technique in Delphi research.
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Identify the odd component from the following :
Compared to speed test, a distinguishing feature of power test is ................... .
The calculation of mental age basically involves :
“Norms are the average performance of standardized sample”. This statement is true for which type of tests ?
(I) Personality test
(II) Aptitude test
(III) Achievement test
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Which of the following statement/s is/are true about the item analysis ?
(I) It involves qualitative analysis of test items
(II) It improves the validity of the test.
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Positive affectivity and Negative affectivity schedule is standardized by :
As a measure of item difficulty P = 0.15 would indicate that :
Assertion (A) : Online survey tools such as Survey Monkey and Question Pro have made data collection, analysis and result extraction much easier and simpler.
Reason (R) : Though these tools are being used widely without any doubt in recent time, but social research cannot rely always on the results from an online survey because of their inherent limitations.
| List – I (Types of reliability) | List – II (Procedure) |
| (a) Stability | (i) Administer one test and correlate the items to each other. |
| (b) Equivalence | (ii) Administer different tests to the same individuals over a period of time. |
| (c) Equivalence and Stability | (iii) Administer the same test to the same individuals over a period of time. |
| (d) Internal consistency | (iv) Administer different tests to the same individuals at about the same time. |