If Jose wants to know if the scale at the grocery store he uses to weigh his tomatoes has alternate-form reliability he could
A)take them home and weigh them again in an hour.
B)weigh the tomatoes on two other scales in the produce department and see if they weighed the same.
C)ask another shopper what she thinks the tomatoes weigh.
D)take the tomatoes and put them on-and-off the scale several times and see if they weigh the same each time.

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To test the alternate-form reliability of a scale, one needs to measure the same thing using different forms or methods of measurement. In this case, Jose can weigh his tomatoes on two other scales in the produce department to see if the weights are the same. This will help him assess whether the scale he usually uses has alternate-form reliability. Options A, C, and D do not test alternate-form reliability, as they involve the same form of measurement or irrelevant comparison.

If Jose Wants to Know If the Scale at the Grocery