_____ validity is the extent to which a measuring instrument appears valid on its surface.
a. Content
b. Face
c. Criterion
d. Construct
A researcher conducts a study in which 50 college students are assigned to different treatments and tested. In the study, the students are called ____.
a. associates
b. cohorts
c. participants
d. subjects
_____ validity is the extent to which a measuring instrument covers a representative sample of the domain of behaviors to be measured.
a. Content
b. Face
c. Criterion
d. Construct
A researcher conducts a study in which 50 rats are assigned to different treatments and tested. In the study, the rats are called research ____.
a. associates
b. cohorts
c. participants
d. subjects
When applying for a part-time job at the local supermarket, Bob was given a test to determine how well he would bag groceries. The next week Bob took the SAT in order to satisfy a college admissions requirement. The test at the supermarket was a measure of _____ validity whereas the SAT was a measure of _____ validity.
a. concurrent; predictive
b. predictive; concurrent
c. construct; predictive
d. content; concurrent
A good research hypothesis should be ____.
a. attention grabbing
b. unique in the literature
c. testable and refutable
d. consistent with prevailing theories
Truthfulness is to _____ as consistency is to _____.
a. positive correlation; negative correlation
b. negative correlation; positive correlation
c. reliability; validity
d. validity; reliability
Pseudoscience is based on ____.
a. testable hypotheses
b. objective evidence
c. subjective evidence
d. refutable hypotheses
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
a. Content validity is the extent to which a measuring instrument covers a representative sample of the domain of behaviors to be measured.
b. Criterion validity is the extent to which a measuring instrument accurately predicts behavior or ability in a given area.
c. Construct validity is the degree to which a measuring instrument accurately measures a theoretical construct or trait that it is designed to measure.
d. Face validity is a measure of the truthfulness of a measuring instrument.
Lowell is very concerned about his grandmother, who has recently been diagnosed with dementia. He wants to learn more about it, and checks out the jacket quotes on some currently popular books. Which quote should reassure him that the book is based in science rather than pseudoscience?
a. This book saved my wife from a lonely death in a nursing home
b. Big Pharma does not want you to know about curing dementia
c. From laboratory research to clinical trials: evaluating the treatment of dementia..
d. Find out what REALLY causes dementia and why health agencies do not care..
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