Validity and Reliability Quiz

The degree to which an operational definition represents the construct is called:

• Construct validity

• Face validity

• Interrater reliability

• Maturation threat

What error occurs when an extraneous variable changes along with the independent variable?

• Selection threat

• Confounding

• Statistical regression

• Internal validity

What is the variable that researchers measure in an experiment?

• Independent variable

• Confounding variable

• Dependent variable

• Extraneous variable

Which term refers to certainty that the independent variable caused the observed effect?

• External validity

• Internal validity

• Construct validity

• Face validity

Agreement between different observers refers to:

• Test-retest reliability

• Interrater reliability

• Interitem reliability

• Content validity

The type of scale used to measure a variable is called:

• Level of measurement

• Level of significance

• Effect size

• Validity scale

Which type of validity measures how much the content reflects what is being measured?

• Content validity

• Predictive validity

• Construct validity

• Reliability

What are the values of the independent variable manipulated in an experiment called?

• Confounds

• Levels of the independent variable

• Statistical regression

• Randomization blocks

Which term refers to the degree to which a test correlates with another standard measure?

• Predictive validity

• Concurrent validity

• Face validity

• Content validity

Which term checks if the independent variable was manipulated successfully?

• Manipulation check

• Instrumentation threat

• Testing threat

• Hypothetical construct