Instrument Reliability
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Reliability and Validity 1 Running head : INSTRUMENT RELIABILITY AND
Reliability and Validity 2 Instrument Reliability and Validity: Introductory Concepts and Measures Instrument validity and reliability have often been both misunderstood and under emphasized in the social scientific literature. In truth, these phenomena lie at the heart of competent and effective study. How productive can one's research to be if the instrument that he or she implemented does no...
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