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CHAPTER 5 QUIZ
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1 ______ is to make fuzzy and imprecise notions (the mental processes) more specific and precise.
- Aconceptualization
- Boperationalization
- Cprecision
- Daccuracy
2A(n) ______ is a distinctive and specifiable aspect of a concept.
- Adimension
- Bindicator
- Cconceptualization
- Doperationalization
3A(n) _____ is an observation that we choose to consider as a reflection of a concept we wish to study.
- Adimension
- Bindicator
- Cconceptualization
- Doperation
4A nominal definition is:
- Aassigned to a term with consensus
- Bhow a concept is measured
- Ca distinctive and specifiable aspect of a concept
- Dan observation that we choose to consider as a reflection of a concept we wish to study
5An operational definition:
- Ahow a concept is measured; the specific way a concept is measured
- Bassigned to a term with consensus
- Cconceptualizes
- Da distinctive and specifiable aspect of a concept
6In operationalization, ____ range of variation and ____ degree of precision are better and help gather cleaner, more detailed information.
- Awider, higher
- Bsmaller, lower
- Cwider, lower
- Dsmaller, higher
7Variables whose attributes have only the characteristics of exhaustiveness and mutual exclusiveness are:
- Anominal
- Bordinal
- Cinterval
- Dratio
8Variables whose attributes may be logically rank-ordered are:
- Anominal
- Binterval
- Cordinal
- Dratio
9The first two, plus the amount of distance between categories can be specified and equal:
- Anominal
- Bordinal
- Cinterval
- Dratio
10The first three, has a true zero, highest level of measurement.
- Anominal
- Bordinal
- Cinterval
- Dratio
11Family structure, gender, race, and residence (rural vs. urban) are all examples of ____ variables:
- Anominal
- Bordinal
- Cinterval
- Dratio
12Children's physical well-being indicated by BMI, a student's GPA, a child's age, and parental mental health scale are all examples of ____ variables:
- Anominal
- Bordinal
- Cinterval
- Dratio
13Children's economic well-being indicated by parents' earnings, children's school attendance, children to teacher ratio are all examples of ____ variables.
- Anominal
- Binterval
- Cordinal
- Dratio
14Children's happiness (extremely happy, so-so, not so happy, extremely unhappy), children's school grades, parents' education, and alcohol use in the past 12 months (1. 0 occassions; 2. 1-2 occassions, etc.) are all examples of ____ variables.
- Anominal
- Bordinal
- Cinterval
- Dratio
15The quality of measurement method that suggests that the same data would have been collected each time in repeated observations of the same phenomenon is:
- Areliability
- Bvalidity
- Cconceptualization
- Doperationalization
16Measurement theory is based on the idea that an empirical measure of a concept reflects:
- AThe true or ideal construct or an absolutely perfect measure of it
- BSystematic errors or biases (non-random)
- CRandom errors, unavoidable error (chance errors)
- DX = T+S+R, where X is the empirical indicator or observation, T is the true or ideal construct, S is the systematic errors or biases, and R is the random unavoidable errors.
17The test-retest method, split-half method, internal consistence reliability, using established measures, and research-worker reliability (inter-rater reliability) are all ways to:
- Acreate reliable measures
- Bcreate valid measures
- Ccreate both reliable and valid measures
- Dimprove reliability but lower validity
18In this method, the researchers split the instrument into two equal halves and look for correlations between the groups in the two halves. It is similar to the test-retest method, used when you don't have enough money/resources for a repeated study.
- Apilot study
- Bsplit-half method
- CCronbach's alpha
- Daverage inter-item correlation
19Cronbach's alpha, average inter-item correlation, and average item-total correlation are all methods to:
- Ameasure internal consistency reliability
- Bmeasure internal consistency validity
- Cconduct pilot studies
- Duse established measures
20mathematically equivalent to the average of all possible split-half estimates defines:
- ACronbach's alpha
- Baverage inter-item correlation
- Caverage item-total correlation
21compute a composite measure and correlate it with all items describes:
- ACronbach's alpha
- Baverage inter-item correlation
- Caverage item-total correlation
22 1. Clearly conceptualize constructs (concepts)
2. Use a precise level of measurement
3. Use multiple indicators
4. Use pilot tests
These all help:- Aimprove reliability
- Bimprove validity
- Cimprove reliability and validity
23A measure that accurately reflects the concept it is intended to measure is:
- Areliability
- Bvalidity
- Ccorrelation
- Doperationalization
24Asking a college student to do 2+2=? in order to measure mathematical ability:
- Adoes not have face validity
- Bdoes not have reliability
- Chas face validity
- Dhas reliability
25The degree to which a measure relates to some external criterion is:
- ACriterion-related (concurrent) validity
- BConstruct validity
- Cface validity
26An agreement between a theoretical concept (construct) and a specific measuring device or procedure is:
- AConstruct validity
- Bcriterion-related validity
- Cconcurrent validity
- Dface validity
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