If we wanted to know if the reliability would improve if an item was removed from the measure then…
A) we should look at the corrected item-total correlation.
B) we should look at the scale if item deleted score.
C) we should run as many reliability analyses as possible and take the highest scoring outcome.
D) we should run a factor analysis.

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The "scale if item deleted" score indicates how the overall reliability of the measure (often assessed by Cronbach's alpha) would change if a particular item were removed. If removing an item increases the reliability score, it suggests that the item may not be consistent with the rest of the measure.

If We Wanted to Know If the Reliability Would Improve