The difference between the Celsius and the Kelvin scales for measuring temperature is that only the Kelvin scale has a true zero point. Thus, the Celsius scale is a(n) ________ measurement scale whereas the Kelvin scale is a(n) ________ measurement scale.
A) nominal / ordinal
B) ratio / ordinal
C) ordinal / interval
D) interval / ratio
Which is the easiest to assess statistically?
A) construct validity
B) test-retest reliability
C) conceptual validity
D) interval / ratio
Maura and Link each developed multiple-item survey measures of self-perceived creativity. You read all of the items in both surveys, and as far as you can tell, the items all seem clear and valid. However, Maura developed a 10-item measure, and Link developed a 16-item measure. Whose measure should you probably prefer?
A) Maura's measure because it is more parsimonious
B) Maura's measure because participants are less likely to be bored by it
C) Link's measure because it likely to be higher in internal validity
D) Link's measure because it is likely to be higher in internal consistency
According to the text, one way to think about ____________________ is that it represents test-retest reliability as assessed over an extremely __________ waiting period.
A) inter-item validity; long
B) internal consistency; short
C) interrater agreement; short
D) interrater agreement; long
Test-retest reliability can only be assessed:
A) when a survey contains two or more different items
B) when two different forms of a measure are administered at the same time
C) when participants fill out the same measure on more than one occasion
D) when multiple judges independently assess the same behavior or performance
If we wanted to formally assess the reliability of a set of judgments (scores) made by a group of boxing or figure skating judges, which form of reliability would we need to assess?
A) consensual agreement
B) internal consistency
C) temporal consistency
D) interobserver agreement
For typical studies, what is an ideal time frame to wait before re-testing participants on a measure?
A) 1 day
B) 2-4 weeks
C) 6 months
D) 2-4 years
The three basic forms of reliability emphasized in the text are:
A) internal reliability, external reliability, and restrictive reliability
B) interobserver reliability, interrater reliability, and test-retest reliability
C) interobserver agreement, internal consistency, and temporal consistency
D) interrater agreement, internal agreement, and temporal agreement
The degree to which a hypothesis successfully maps onto the broader theory that it was designed to test is known as:
A) conceptual validity
B) construct validity
C) hypothesis validity
D) internal validity
The quality of a researcher's operational definitions is closely associated with:
A) restrictive validity
B) construct validity
C) external validity
D) internal validity
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