You read a journal article that reports that the Cronbach's alpha for one of the measures used in the study was .57. Based on this information, you can correctly conclude that
A) the measure is both reliable and valid.
B) the measure is unidimensional (that is, all the items on the measure assess the same construct.
C) the measure does not meet accepted standards of reliability.
D) both b and c, but not a.

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A commonly accepted threshold for internal consistency reliability (as measured by Cronbach's alpha) is .7 or higher. A value of .57 indicates that the measure does not meet accepted standards of reliability. The information provided does not give any indication of the measure's validity or dimensionality.

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