Identify a true statement about using the alternate forms method for establishing reliability.
A) The technique eliminates all the problems associated with assessing reliability with multiple testing.
B) The technique requires that the parallel forms of a questionnaire be equivalent so that direct comparison is meaningful for assessing reliability.
C) The alternate forms should have different number of items and different response formats.
D) The technique is inferior to the test-retest method for establishing reliability of a questionnaire.

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The alternate forms method requires that the parallel forms of a questionnaire be equivalent in content, difficulty, and format to ensure that any differences in scores are due to measurement error rather than differences in the forms themselves.

Identify a True Statement About Using the Alternate Forms Method