Nour develops a measure of anxiety that has 40 items. A group of 200 adults in an inpatient facility complete the measure. Nour computes the correlation between their responses to 20 of the items and their responses to the other 20 items. Nour has assessed the _________ reliability of the measure.
A) test-retest
B) construct
C) alternate forms
D) split-half

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Nour has assessed the split-half reliability of the measure by computing the correlation between responses to one half of the items and the other half. This assesses how consistent the measure is within itself. The other options, such as test-retest, construct, and alternate forms reliability, involve different methods of assessing the consistency of a measure but are not relevant to Nour's approach.

Nour Develops a Measure of Anxiety That Has 40 Items