502 RM - Quiz 4 - Concepts to Data

In what level of measurement are the attributes simply names?

• nominal

• ordinal

• interval

• ratio

In what level of measurement is there a meaningful absolute zero?

• nominal

• ordinal

• interval

• ratio

Jamie has people in her study of taste perception self-identifying as "foodies" or "non-foodies". This is best described as an example of a(n)​ (a)   scale.

• nominal
• interval
• ratio
• ordinal

a measure that consistently and accurately measures what is supposed to measure is ​ (a)  

• both valid and reliable
• neither valid or reliable
• valid but not reliable
• reliable but not valid

The consistency of the results of two independent observers of the same event is referred to as ​​ ​ (a)   reliability.​

• parallel forms
• test-retest
• internal consistency
• Inter-rater

_____ is the process of identifying how a researcher indirectly measures the underlying concepts.

• Conceptualization

• Operationalization

• A levels of measurement

• A concept

Brenda is developing a test to identify children who are likely to become "school refusers." She has a group of experts review her test to ensure it thoroughly addresses factors known to be related to school refusal. Brenda is assessing​ (a)  

• content validity
• predictive validity
• factor structure
• consequential validity

Variables and the data they gather must _____.

• have intervals

• stay the same

• vary

• behave

Control variables are a type of ______ variable included in research to better isolate the role of the variable of interest.

There is controversy in the literature about the level of measure for Likert-type scales with some researchers using them as ​ (a)   and others using them as ​ (b)   .

• dichotomous
• ordinal
• interval
• nominal
• ratio