Question 1

Predictive validity is ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)   a type of measurement validity in which an indicator makes sense as a measure of a construct in the judgment of others, especially in the scientific community
B)   a measure validity that relies on a preexisting and already accepted measure to verify the indicator of a construct
C)   a measurement validity that relies on the occurrence of a future event or behavior that is logically consistent to verify the indicator of a construct
D)   measurement validity that relies on some independent outside verification

Question 2

The highest level/most precise level of measurement is called:

Accepted Answer

A)   Categorical Variables
B)   Ordinal Attributes
C)   Nominal Measurement
D)   Interval/Scale Measurements

Question 3

A nominal-level of measurement is ________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   the lowest, least precise level of measurements for which there is a difference in type only among the categories of variable
B)   a level of measurement that identifies a difference among categories of a variable and allows the categories to be rank ordered as well
C)   a level of measurement that identifies differences among variable attributes, rank categories, and measures distance between categories, but there is no true zero
D)   the highest, most precise level of measurement; variable attributes can be rank ordered, the distance between them precisely measured, and there Is an absolute zero

Question 4

According to the text, clear conceptualization is the process of developing clear, rigorous, systematic conceptual definitions for abstract ideas/concepts.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What are the four ways to improve reliability?

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Question 6

Content validity is ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)   a type of measurement validity in which an indicator makes sense as a measure of a construct in the judgment of others, especially in the scientific community
B)   measurement validity that requires that a measure represent all the aspects of the conceptual definition of a construct
C)   measurement validity that relies on some independent outside verification
D)   a type of measurement validity that use multiple indicators and has two indicators and

Question 7

Criterion validity is ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)   a type of measurement validity in which an indicator makes sense as a measure of a construct in the judgment of others, especially in the scientific community
B)   measurement validity that requires that a measure represent all the aspects of the conceptual definition of a construct
C)   measurement validity that relies on some independent outside verification
D)   a type of measurement validity that use multiple indicators and has two indicators and has two subtypes: how well indicators of one construct converge and how well indicators of different constructs diverge

Question 8

The grade you receive in this course (A, B, C) is an example of _________.

Accepted Answer

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Question 9

Religion is a good example of a nominal-level measurement variable.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Representative reliability is ________________

Accepted Answer

A)   measurement reliability across time; a measure that yields consistent results at different time points, assuming what is being measured does not itself change
B)   measurement reliability across groups; a measure that yields consistent results for various social groups
C)   measurement reliability across indicators; a measure that yield consistent results using different specific indicators, assuming that all measure the same construct
D)   how well an empirical indicator and the conceptual definition of the construct that the indicator is suppose to measure fit together

Question 11

The process of developing clear, rigorous, systematic conceptual definitions for abstract ideas/concepts is called _____________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The process of developing clear, rigorous, systematic...

Question 12

Content validity is measurement validity that relies on a preexisting and already accepted measure to verify the indicator of a construct.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The conceptualization process in qualitative research is the same as quantitative research.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Define and discuss conceptualization and operationalization. Further, explain their importance in the data collection process.

Accepted Answer

Conceptualization and operationalization...

Question 15

An ordinal-level of measurement is __________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   the lowest, least precise level of measurements for which there is a difference in type only among the categories of variable
B)   a level of measurement that identifies a difference among categories of a variable and allows the categories to be rank ordered as well
C)   a level of measurement that identifies differences among variable attributes, rank categories, and measures distance between categories, but there is no true zero
D)   the highest, most precise level of measurement; variable attributes can be rank ordered, the distance between them precisely measured, and there is an absolute zero

Question 16

_______ is considered the principle that when using multiple indicators to measure a construct, all the indicators should consistently fit together and indicate a single construct?

Accepted Answer

A)   Unidimensionality
B)   Weighted index
C)   Standardization
D)   All of the above

Question 17

Variables measured on a continuum in which an infinite number of finer gradations between variable attributes are possible are called _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)   independent variables
B)   discrete variables
C)   continuous variables
D)   dependent variables

Question 18

______________ is a type of measurement validity in which an indicator makes sense as a measure of a construct in the judgment of others, especially in the scientific community.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ______________ is a type of measurement validity...

Question 19

When a researcher divides the indicators (questions)  into two groups and determine whether both halves give the same results it is called _________.

Accepted Answer

A)   equivalence
B)   split-half method
C)   grouping technique
D)   dividing

Question 20

Discriminant validity is ___________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   a type of measurement validity in which an indicator makes sense as a measure of a construct in the judgment of others, especially in the scientific community
B)   a measurement validity that relies on the occurrence of a future event or behavior that is logically consistent to verify the indicator of a construct
C)   measurement validity that relies on some independent outside verification
D)   a measurement validity for multiple indicators based on the idea that indicators of different constructs diverge.

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Predictive validity is ______________.

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Discriminant validity is ___________________.

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What are the four ways to improve reliability?

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A nominal-level of measurement is ________________.

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_______ is considered the principle that when using multiple indicators to measure a construct, all the indicators should consistently fit together and indicate a single construct?

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When a researcher divides the indicators (questions) into two groups and determine whether both halves give the same results it is called _________.

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