Research Instrument Quiz

What are research instruments used for?

• Gathering data for specific research problems

• Building houses

• Cooking meals

• Creating art

Which of the following is a common instrument used in quantitative research?

• Interviews

• Observation checklist

• Performance tests

• Artistic expression

What is an important characteristic of a good research instrument?

• Unreliable

• Sequential

• Lengthy

• Difficult to tabulate

What is the most common scale used in quantitative research?

• Semantic Differential

• Bipolar Adjective

• Likert Scale

• Ordinal Scale

Which type of validity refers to the validity of instruments as it corresponds to the theoretical construct of the study?

• Face Validity

• Content Validity

• Construct Validity

• Concurrent Validity

What type of reliability is achieved by giving the same test to the same group of respondents twice?

• Equivalent Forms Reliability

• Internal Consistency Reliability

• Split-half Reliability

• Test-retest Reliability

What is considered valid if it measures what it supposed to measure?

• Face Validity

• Predictive Validity

• Content Validity

• Construct Validity

What does reliability refer to?

• Accuracy of the instrument

• Length of the instrument

• Consistency of the measures or results of the instrument

• Validity of the instrument

What is the first way to consider in developing the research instrument for a study?

• Using a random instrument

• Modifying an existing instrument

• Adopting an instrument from previous related studies

• Creating a new instrument

What is the second way to consider in developing the research instrument for a study?

• Using a random instrument

• Creating a new instrument

• Adopting an instrument from previous related studies

• Modifying an existing instrument