Latoya develops a new scale to measure beliefs in extraterrestrials. She gives her new scale to 100 people twice, two months apart. She finds that in general, people who believe in extraterrestrials at Time 1 also believe in extraterrestrials at Time 2. Latoya's scale exhibits good
A) concurrent validity.
B) content validity.
C) test-retest reliability.
D) split-half reliability.

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Test-retest reliability refers to the consistency of a measure when the same test is administered to the same people at two different points in time. Since Latoya's scale shows consistent results over two months, it demonstrates good test-retest reliability.

Latoya Develops a New Scale to Measure Beliefs in Extraterrestrials