Assertion: internal consistency | /r/HasProperty | threatened
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text: However, if an item is poorly worded or does not belong in there at all, the internal consistency of the scale could be threatened.
text: For example, if we replaced the question about Lethargy in our measure of depression with the new question below, our internal consistency is likely to be threatened.
text: Internal consistency is likely to be threatened because "Number of letters in your last name" is unlikely to be highly correlated with any of the other four items (see low correlation coefficients circled in image below), because it is not really an indicator of depression.