Which of the following describes how you would implement an internal comparison estimate to assess reliability?
A) Administer the same test to the same people at two different points in time and compare their test scores at time 2 with the scores at time 1.
B) Administer a test with x number of items designed to assess a topic; then statistically analyze the degree to which responses to the items vary together.
C) Administer different tests to different people and compare test scores of the different people.
D) Administer a test with content based on what a person actually needs to know to do the job in question well.

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A test's internal consistency is another measure of its reliability. For example, assume you have 10 items on a test of vocational interest. These items are supposed to measure in various ways the person's interest in working outdoors. You administer the test and then statistically analyze the degree to which responses to these items vary together. This would provide a measure of the internal reliability of the test; psychologists refer to it as an internal comparison estimate.

Which of the Following Describes How You Would Implement an Internal