Multiple Choice
In testing an instrument consisting of 25 items for homogeneity using the item to total correlation,eight items were found to have a low correlation to the total.How should the researcher use this information?
A) Use the instrument without changes.
B) Use the instrument only with a multitrait-multimethod approach.
C) Retain the eight items with low correlation and delete the other 17 items.
D) Delete the eight items with low correlation and retain the other 17 items.
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