split-half

adjective

: relating to, employing, or constituting a method of determining the reliability of a test by dividing the whole test into two halves presumably equivalent in difficulty and scoring the two halves separately
split-half techniques
split-half reliability
split-half coefficients

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“Split-half.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/split-half. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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