Research Methods

A reliable measure is one that measures what it is supposed to measure

• True

• False

______________ describes the consistency of results from a procedure or measure in repeated tests or trials.

• Operationalization

• Reliability

• Conceptualization

• Validity

Each of the following is a test of reliability, except

• Test-retest Method

• Alternative forms Method

• Split halves method

• Criterion

The ____________ method measures reliability by measuring the same attribute more than once, but it uses two different measures of the same concept rather than the same measure.

• Alternative form method

• Test-retest Method

• Content

• Split halves

____________ means the degree of correspondence between the measure and the concept it is thought to measure.

• Conceptualization

• Reliability

• Operationalization

• Validity

The ____________ validity test involves determining the full domain or meaning of a particular concept and then making sure that all components of the meaning are included in the measure.

• Content

• Face

• Construct

• Criterion

Construct Validity is the extent to which scores on one item are related to scores on all other items in a scale

• True

• False

Each of the following is a level of measurement, except

• Nominal

• Ratio

• Critical

• Ordinal

A variable for which the values assigned represent only different categories or classifications for that variable is a(n) ____________ level variable.

• Nominal

• Ratio

• Ordinal

• Interval

A(n) _____________ measurement only assumes that a comparison can be made on which observations have more or less of a particular attribute.

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio