Dr.Cavanaugh creates an assessment to examine the relationship between the trait of hardiness and senior citizens' compliance with medication regimes.The assessment is completed twice for each participant.A reviewer finds,however,that scores on the first assessment don't correlate with scores on the second assessment; in other words,Dr.Cavanaugh's hardiness assessment may lack _____ reliability.

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Test-retest reliability refers to the consistency of results over time, in this case, the consistency of the scores on Dr. Cavanaugh's hardiness assessment. If the scores on the first and second assessment are not correlated, it suggests that the assessment may lack test-retest reliability. Split-half reliability refers to the consistency of results across halves of a single test, interrater reliability refers to the consistency of results across different raters or observers, and alternate forms reliability refers to the consistency of results across different forms of the same assessment. None of these other types of reliability are specifically relevant to the issue described in this scenario.

DrCavanaugh Creates an Assessment to Examine the Relationship Between the Trait