Reliability in social science research:
A) Refers to the quality of a measuring instrument that would cause it to report the same value in successive observations of a given case.
B) Refers to the quality of the theory to be researched.
C) Refers to the quality of a measuring instrument that would cause it to report a different value in successive observations of a given case.
D) Refers to the quality of the alternative hypothesis.
E) None of the above.
Answer: A) Refers to the quality of a measuring instrument that would cause it to report the same value in successive observations of a given case.