Question 1

The type of reliability that is used to assess the consistency of the results of two tests constructed in the same way from the same content domain is _______________.

Accepted Answer

parallel-f...

Question 2

What is test-retest reliability and how is it measured?​

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You estimate test-retest reliability whe...

Question 3

When a(n)_______________ scale is used,it makes sense to say one score is twice as much as another or that twice as much of the characteristic being measured is present.

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Question 4

When an individual participating in a study tries to guess what the experimenter's hypothesis is,there is a social threat to construct validity.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

When systematic error affects the mean of a distribution,it is referred to as ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  shifting
B)  variance
C)  bias
D)  regressionE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

Checking a new test to be certain that it contains items that it would be expected to contain based on the relevant literature provides an assessment of ____ validity.

Accepted Answer

A)  content​
B)  face
C)  discriminant
D)  concurrentE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

In what level of measurement are the attributes simply names?​

Accepted Answer

A)  nominal
B)  ordinal
C)  interval
D)  ratioE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 8

In ____,research participants do not respond the way they normally would because they are anxious about being tested.

Accepted Answer

A)  hypothesis guessing
B)  evaluation apprehension
C)  researcher expectancies
D)  construct confoundingE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 9

When there is no error in measurement,reliability is ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  0
B)  1
C)  equal to the variability of the distribution
D)  equal to the inverse of the variability of the distributionE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 10

Hannah has developed a scale for assessing social interaction among children with moderate to severe developmental disabilities.Because it is in the early stages,she decides to rate the same children on two different occasions.Hannah is assessing ____ reliability.

Accepted Answer

A)  inter-rater
B)  test-retest
C)  parallel-forms
D)  internal consistencyE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 11

Levels of measurement are important because they determine what type of analysis can be used.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

In ____,research participants try to figure out what the experimenter is "really" trying to do.

Accepted Answer

A)  hypothesis guessing
B)  evaluation apprehension
C)  researcher expectancies
D)  construct confoundingE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 13

The type of reliability that is used to assess the degree to which different observers give consistent estimates of the same phenomenon is _______________.

Accepted Answer

inter-rate...

Question 14

One of the measures Rosalyn is including in her study of the effects of environmental enrichment is the score on a standardized scale of intelligence.This is best described as a(n) ____ scale.

Accepted Answer

A)  nominal
B)  ordinal
C)  interval
D)  ratioE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

As long as your test is reliable,it need not be valid.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Systematic error in an estimate is referred to as _______________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Systematic error in an estimate is referred...

Question 17

Figure 5.13
 
-In the formula illustrated in the accompanying figure,sd stands for ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  standard deviation
B)  systematic deviation 
C)  standard dispersion
D)  systematic dispersionE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

If you could see all random error in a distribution,it would ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  have a variance equal to the mean
B)  sum to zero
C)  shift the mean in a positive direction
D)  be greater than the population varianceE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 19

Cronbach's Alpha is used to overcome limitations associated with reliability assessed using the ____ method.

Accepted Answer

A)  inter-rater
B)  split-half
C)  average inter-item correlation
D)  average item-total correlationE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 20

In what level of measurement is there a meaningful absolute zero?​

Accepted Answer

A)  nominal
B)  ordinal
C)  interval
D)  ratioE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Exam 5: Introduction to Measurement

Levels of measurement are important because they determine what type of analysis can be used.

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What is test-retest reliability and how is it measured?​

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In ____,research participants do not respond the way they normally would because they are anxious about being tested.

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The type of reliability that is used to assess the degree to which different observers give consistent estimates of the same phenomenon is _______________.

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One of the measures Rosalyn is including in her study of the effects of environmental enrichment is the score on a standardized scale of intelligence.This is best described as a(n) ____ scale.

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When an individual participating in a study tries to guess what the experimenter's hypothesis is,there is a social threat to construct validity.

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In what level of measurement is there a meaningful absolute zero?​

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Systematic error in an estimate is referred to as _______________.

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When a(n)_______________ scale is used,it makes sense to say one score is twice as much as another or that twice as much of the characteristic being measured is present.

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Figure 5.13 -In the formula illustrated in the accompanying figure,sd stands for ____.

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Checking a new test to be certain that it contains items that it would be expected to contain based on the relevant literature provides an assessment of ____ validity.

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The type of reliability that is used to assess the consistency of the results of two tests constructed in the same way from the same content domain is _______________.

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When there is no error in measurement,reliability is ____.

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Hannah has developed a scale for assessing social interaction among children with moderate to severe developmental disabilities.Because it is in the early stages,she decides to rate the same children on two different occasions.Hannah is assessing ____ reliability.

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When systematic error affects the mean of a distribution,it is referred to as ____.

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As long as your test is reliable,it need not be valid.

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If you could see all random error in a distribution,it would ____.

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Cronbach's Alpha is used to overcome limitations associated with reliability assessed using the ____ method.

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In what level of measurement are the attributes simply names?​

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