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the extent to which different items in an instrument scale elicit the same responses from respondents: degree of item equivalence

the extent to which a set of items in a scale elicit the same pattern of responses from a sample

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.