If scores from a measure with less than perfect reliability are correlated with scores from a second measure, the resulting correlation can be expected to be ________.

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Attenuated means weakened or reduced. When scores from a measure with less than perfect reliability are correlated with scores from another measure, the correlation is typically weakened because the measurement error associated with the less reliable measure reduces the strength of the observed correlation.

If Scores from a Measure with Less Than Perfect Reliability