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Validity and Reliability Quiz

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Construct validity

b)

Face validity

c)

Interrater reliability

d)

Maturation threat

2.

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

a)

Selection threat

b)

Confounding

c)

Statistical regression

d)

Internal validity

3.

What is the variable that researchers measure in an experiment?

a)

Independent variable

b)

Confounding variable

c)

Dependent variable

d)

Extraneous variable

4.

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

a)

External validity

b)

Internal validity

c)

Construct validity

d)

Face validity

5.

Agreement between different observers refers to:

a)

Test-retest reliability

b)

Interrater reliability

c)

Interitem reliability

d)

Content validity

6.

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

a)

Level of measurement

b)

Level of significance

c)

Effect size

d)

Validity scale

7.

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

a)

Content validity

b)

Predictive validity

c)

Construct validity

d)

Reliability

8.

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

a)

Confounds

b)

Levels of the independent variable

c)

Statistical regression

d)

Randomization blocks

9.

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

a)

Predictive validity

b)

Concurrent validity

c)

Face validity

d)

Content validity

10.

Which term checks if the independent variable was manipulated successfully?

a)

Manipulation check

b)

Instrumentation threat

c)

Testing threat

d)

Hypothetical construct

11.

Which defines exactly how independent variables were created in an experiment?

a)

Measured operational definition

b)

Experimental operational definition

c)

Hypothetical construct

d)

Instrumentation threat

12.

Variables not being studied but affecting the dependent variable are:

a)

Dependent variables

b)

Independent variables

c)

Extraneous variables

d)

Testing threats

13.

Which type of validity seems obvious at face value?

a)

Face validity

b)

Content validity

c)

Predictive validity

d)

Concurrent validity

14.

An outside event that affects the dependent variable during the experiment is called:

a)

Selection threat

b)

History threat

c)

Instrumentation threat

d)

Testing threat

15.

Which term refers to defining variables in terms of observable procedures?

a)

Hypothetical construct

b)

Operational definition

c)

Validity

d)

Reliability

16.

Internal changes in subjects that threaten internal validity refer to:

a)

History threat

b)

Selection threat

c)

Maturation threat

d)

Subject mortality

17.

The manipulated variable in an experiment is the:

a)

Dependent variable

b)

Control condition

c)

Independent variable

d)

Extraneous variable

18.

A change in the measuring tool itself is a(n):

a)

Testing threat

b)

History threat

c)

Instrumentation threat

d)

Interrater reliability issue

19.

Consistency among items measuring the same thing is:

a)

Interrater reliability

b)

Interitem reliability

c)

Test-retest reliability

d)

Face validity

20.

Which term describes concepts like intelligence or learning?

a)

Hypothetical construct

b)

Operational definition

c)

Content validity

d)

Experimental condition

21.

The description of how a variable is measured is:

a)

Experimental operational definition

b)

Measured operational definition

c)

Construct validity

d)

Hypothetical construct

22.

The detailed experiment section in research reports is called:

a)

Introduction

b)

Abstract

c)

Method

d)

Results

23.

What describes consistency and dependability in experiments?

a)

Validity

b)

Reliability

c)

Face validity

d)

Content validity

24.

The ability of a test to predict future performance is:

a)

Content validity

b)

Predictive validity

c)

Concurrent validity

d)

Interrater reliability

25.

Nonrandom assignment of subjects is a:

a)

Selection threat

b)

Confounding

c)

Testing threat

d)

Maturation threat

26.

Differences in dropout rates between groups refer to:

a)

History threat

b)

Subject mortality threat

c)

Selection threat

d)

Confounding

27.

A selection threat combined with another threat is called:

a)

Instrumentation threat

b)

Testing threat

c)

Selection interaction

d)

Statistical regression

28.

Scores that naturally regress to the mean after extreme scores is called:

a)

Testing threat

b)

Maturation threat

c)

Statistical regression threat

d)

Selection interaction

29.

Effects of previous test exposure on later performance is:

a)

Testing threat

b)

Instrumentation threat

c)

History threat

d)

Interrater reliability

30.

Consistency of scores across multiple testing times is:

a)

Test-retest reliability

b)

Interrater reliability

c)

Face validity

d)

Content validity

31.

Which term refers to actually studying what was intended?

a)

Reliability

b)

Validity

c)

Confounding

d)

Extraneous variable

32.

Which design assigns different subjects to each condition?

a)

Between-subjects design

b)

Within-subjects design

c)

Block design

d)

Multiple-groups design

33.

Subjects who receive no independent variable form the:

a)

Experimental group

b)

Placebo group

c)

Control condition

d)

Confounding group

34.

The subjects in a control condition.?

a)

Placebo group

b)

Experimental condition

c)

Control group

d)

Experimental group

35.

Which method ensures conditions are randomized within blocks?

a)

Precision matching

b)

Block randomization

c)

Range matching

d)

Rank-ordered matching

36.

Which term refers to the size of a treatment effect?

a)

Effect size

b)

Validity score

c)

Reliability index

d)

Significance value

37.

When a treatment is applied and the dependent variable is measured, it's called:

a)

Control condition

b)

Experimental condition

c)

Subject mortality

d)

Range matching

38.

The general structure of an experiment is called:

a)

Experimental condition

b)

Experimental design

c)

Experimental validity

d)

Experimental construct

39.

The group that receives the treatment is the:

a)

Control group

b)

Experimental group

c)

Placebo group

d)

Block group

40.

When there are more than two conditions in a study:

a)

Two-group design

b)

Multiple-groups design

c)

Two-matched-groups design

d)

Randomized controlled trial

41.

Random assignment to multiple conditions is:

a)

Two-matched-groups design

b)

Multiple-independent-groups design

c)

Placebo control design

d)

Random mortality design

42.

In drug trials, which group gets no actual drug but is treated similarly?

a)

Control group

b)

Placebo group

c)

Experimental group

d)

Validity group

43.

A two-group design with matching on a key variable is:

a)

Two-independent-groups design

b)

Two-matched-groups design

c)

Random groups design

d)

Block design

44.

Which matching method pairs subjects with identical scores?

a)

Range matching

b)

Rank-ordered matching

c)

Precision matching

d)

Block randomization

45.

Which technique ensures every subject has equal chance of assignment?

a)

Precision matching

b)

Random assignment

c)

Block randomization

d)

Stratified selection

46.

A mini-experiment with few subjects is called:

a)

Trial run

b)

Block randomization

c)

Pilot study

d)

Mock study

47.

Subjects ranked and paired based on scores refers to:

a)

Rank-ordered matching

b)

Block randomization

c)

Precision matching

d)

Random assignment

48.

Which matching method uses score ranges to create pairs?

a)

Precision matching

b)

Range matching

c)

Block matching

d)

Experimental matching

49.

A design with two different treatments and two groups is:

a)

Two-group design

b)

Two-independent-groups design

c)

Multiple-groups design

d)

Block randomized design

50.

Which experimental design exposes two groups of subjects to different levels of the independent variable?

a)

Multiple-groups design

b)

Random assignment

c)

Two-experimental-groups design

d)

Control condition

51.

When two groups are assigned randomly to two treatments:

a)

Two-matched-groups design

b)

Two-independent-groups design

c)

Placebo control

d)

Experimental interaction

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