Two observers rate individual leadership by recording the number of times that each member of a group initiates discussion. The level of agreement between the observers' independent records provides evidence of
A) reliability.
B) validity.
C) neither reliability nor validity.
D) both reliability and validity.

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Reliability refers to the consistency of a measure. If two observers independently record similar numbers of discussion initiations, it indicates that the measurement is consistent across different observers, thus demonstrating reliability.

Two Observers Rate Individual Leadership by Recording the Number of Times