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Lecture 4: Principles of Psychometrics: Reliability II - jhsph ocw

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Solution 4<br />

Figure 1 has the higher reliability. The between-person<br />

variance in both graphs is the same (all respondents have the<br />

same mean score). The within-person variance is higher in<br />

Figure 2 than it is in Figure 1 (indicated by a wider spread<br />

across the individual means). Therefore, Figure 1 has higher<br />

reliability.

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