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What is the difference in reliability and credibility found on the Web and on University Library sites, such as UOP's?

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1. What is the difference in reliability and credibility found on the Web and on University Library sites, such as UOP's?

Reliability often refers to quantitative research, whereas credibility refers to qualitative research.

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Reliability has to do with the quality of measurement. In its everyday sense, reliability is the "consistency" or "repeatability" of your measures. Thus, in research, it is "the extent to which a test or other instrument is consistent in its measures. For example, a weight scale can be judged reliable if measures for a 25-pound weight do not vary over time or change for subsequent weightings. Reliability is an important concept in science. If a test is not reliable, we cannot find the answers to our questions. ...

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