The psychometric properties of The Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory are listed below.

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Test-retest reliability of .88 and .70, respectively

Internal consistency reliability of .87

Alternate form reliability of .71 and .80, respectively

Concurrent Validity: aftercorrelated withthe SRA Achievement Series and theLorgeThorndlikeIntelligencewas.35 and 39, respectively

Convergent Validity: after correlated to the California Psychological Inventory was .45

Content Validity: was adapted from scales used by Rogers andDymond(1954) in their study ofnondirectivepsychotherapy

1. Describe and interpret each type of reliability reported by explaining how they determined the reliability and what the statistics tells you about the test's reliabiilty

1. Describe and interpret each type of validity reported by explaining how they determined the validity and what the statistics tells you about the test's reliabiilty

3. Would you consider using this assessment based on the reported psychometrics? Why or why not?