True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or
false.
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If a measure is reliable, it
must also be valid.
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Validity refers to the link
between the operational and conceptual definitions.
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Predictive validity is another
term for criterion-related validity.
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If three people (Smith, Jones,
and Edwards) are rank- ordered with respect to the possession of an attribute on an ordinal variable,
then we can conclude that the distance between Smith and Jones on that variable is equal to the
distance between Jones and Edwards.
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A nominal measure can have only
two categories.
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Numbers assigned to ranks on an
ordinal scale can legitimately be added, multiplied, subtracted, and divided.
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Multiple
Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
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Which of the following
sequences illustrates the progression of measurement steps? a. | conceptualization, nominal definition, operational definition, and measurements in the
real world | b. | nominal definition, conceptualization, operational definition, and
measurements in the real world | c. | operational definition, conceptualization,
nominal definition, and measurements in the real world | d. | nominal definition, operationalization, conceptualization, and real-world
measurements | e. | conceptualization, operationalization, nominal definition, and
real-world measurements | | |
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Reliability
involves a. | whether a particular technique applied repeatedly to the same object
would yield the same results each time | b. | ensuring
accuracy | c. | ensuring that your measure measures what you think it should
measure | d. | ensuring precision | e. | all of the above | | |
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Professor Spence decided to
define socioeconomic status as a combination of income and education. Spence then determined the
questions to be asked in a survey and the categories of responses. Spence was assigning socioeconomic
status a. | a nominal definition only | b. | an operational and a real definition | c. | a real definition only | d. | a nominal and a real
definition | e. | a nominal and an operational definition | | |
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Most social scientists would
not accept the conceptualization of IQ as foot size because such a measurement would
lack a. | precision | b. | reliability | c. | accuracy | d. | validity | e. | all of the above | | |
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A questionnaire contained the
item "educational level completed" with responses of grade school, junior high school, high
school, college, graduate degree, and other. A researcher asked subjects to check the appropriate
response. The researcher is using this question to measure a. | direct observables | b. | indirect
observables | c. | constructs | d. | a nominal
variable | e. | validity | | |
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When the variable religious
affiliation is classified as Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish, this variable has the important
quality of being a. | mutually exclusive | b. | exhaustive | c. | interchangeable | d. | nominal scale | e. | ordinal scale | | |
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A researcher must decide in the
process of operationalization a. | how and what to
measure | b. | the range of variation to consider | c. | the use of single or multiple indicators | d. | what level of measurement to use | e. | all of the above | | |
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Professor Tyler wrote a
proposal to study the impact of authoritarianism on child rearing practices. She began her research
by reviewing the meaning of authoritarianism in the sociological and psychological literature.
Based on this review, she formulated her own definition of authoritarianism. This process
illustrates a. | Operationalization | b. | The interchangeability of indicators | c. | Conceptualization | d. | Validity
assessment | e. | Reliability assessment | | |
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Classifying someone as employed
or not employed treats employment as a. | a ratio variable | b. | an interval variable | c. | an ordinal
variable | d. | a nominal variable | e. | a dependent variable | | |
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