How can a SEM calculator be used to estimate the reliability of a test?

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How can a SEM calculator be used to estimate the reliability of a test?
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While a SEM calculator doesn't directly calculate reliability, it relies on reliability coefficients as an input. By inputting the test's standard deviation and a known reliability coefficient into a SEM calculator, you can derive the SEM. A smaller SEM indicates higher reliability, suggesting that the observed scores are closer to the true scores and less influenced by random error.