part 2

• Factual Information Documents are accessed to tell information about the participants’ documents, such as available public records
• Reliability is the stability and consistency of an instrument under different circumstances or points in time.
• Validity is the capacity to measure what it is supposed to measure.
• Internal Consistency:

  • split-half reliability
  • odd-even reliability
  • Cronbach’s Coefficient Alpha
• Stability Over Time:

  • test-retest reliability
• Alternate Forms:

  • also called as parallel forms.