MEANING
The degree to which items within a test or scale interrelate as indicators of a shared construct.
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Name how consistently a test’s items relate to one another.Describe the coherence of items within a measure while avoiding overclaiming.
Words that belong together
- internal consistency reliability
- assess internal consistency
- internal consistency of a scale
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High internal consistency showed that the survey items moved together, but did not prove they measured one construct.
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- Base
- internal consistency
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Usage notes
Internal consistency is one aspect of reliability; a high coefficient alone does not establish unidimensionality or validity.
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