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Assessing Internal Consistency
When using multiple-response measures, it is necessary to assess the measure's internal consistency during preliminary analyses. Researchers can compute statistics such as Cronbach's , Cohen's , or a split-half correlation to evaluate this consistency.
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Research Methods in Psychology - 4th American Edition @ KPU
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