Dr.Valencia is considering conducting a study examining whether narcissistic people have poorer social interactions than those who are not narcissistic.One of her first tasks is to determine which of her participants are narcissistic and which are not.She decides to use the scale created by a colleague,the Mayo scale.Question 1 reads,"I tend not to think about other people as much as I think about myself." Question 2 reads,"I do not have a high opinion of myself." Question 3 reads,"I think other people think I am really special."

-Before using the measure in her study,Dr.Valencia analyzes the data she gets from her students.She looks at the relationship between each of the individual questions.She sees that participants who agree with Question 1 also agree with Question 3 and disagree with Question 2.This is a test of which of the following?
A)Interrater reliability
B)Internal reliability
C)Test-retest reliability
D)Construct reliability

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Dr.Valencia is considering conducting a study examining whether narcissistic people have poorer social interactions than those who are not narcissistic.One of her first tasks is to determine which of her participants are narcissistic and which are not.She decides to use the scale created by a colleague,the Mayo scale.Question 1 reads,"I tend not to think about other people as much as I think about myself." Question 2 reads,"I do not have a high opinion of myself." Question 3 reads,"I think other people think I am really special."

-Before using the measure in her study,Dr.Valencia analyzes the data she gets from her students.She looks at the relationship between each of the individual questions.She sees that participants who agree with Question 1 also agree with Question 3 and disagree with Question 2.This is a test of which of the following?

-Before using the measure in her study,Dr.Valencia analyzes the data she gets from her students.She looks at the relationship between each of the individual questions.She sees that participants who agree with Question 1 also agree with Question 3 and disagree with Question 2.This is a test of which of the following?
A)Interrater reliability
B)Internal reliability
C)Test-retest reliability
D)Construct reliability

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

This is a test of internal reliability, which assesses the consistency of responses within a given measure. Participants who agree with Question 1 (a measure of narcissism) are also likely to agree with Question 3 (another measure of narcissism) and disagree with Question 2 (a measure of self-esteem), suggesting that the questions within the scale are measuring a consistent construct (narcissism).

DrValencia Is Considering Conducting a Study Examining Whether Narcissistic People