Question

Dr. Riviera measures his students' knowledge on the topic of memory by giving them three different quizzes over the course of 3 weeks (1 per week). He is hoping to show that student scores are largely the same from week to week. He is trying to establish the ________ of his quiz.

a. objectivity
b. reliability
c. subjectivity
d. validity

Answer 1

Answer: The correct answer is b.

reliability

Answer 2

Answer: B. Reliability

Explanation: Reliability is the act of establishing the degree of accuracy or dependency of the outcome or output of a measurement, calculation or experiment. Establishing the reliability of an experiment is aimed at expunging doubt in an experiment or measurement. Reliability of an experiment can be established by repetitive performance of the experiment to determine if it yields the same result or almost similar result which is consistent, reproducible and reliable.

If an experiment is highly reliable, it will yield a consistent, reliable and reproducible result, However, experiments with low reliability will yield inconsistent, unreliable and non- reproducible result.