Research (Planning, Conducting, And Reporting) MCQ
What is the term for a measure that does not correlate highly with measures with which it is hypothesized to be dissimilar?
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Discriminant validity
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The validity of a scale is its ability to measure what it claims it measures.
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True
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What is the term for wording at least a third of items on a scale in the opposite direction of the majority of items?
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Reverse coding
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A student might locate a measure on PSYCTests
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True
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The psychometric properties of an instrument include the number of items and the reliability of that measure.
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True
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Which term corresponds to the ability of a scale to detect differences that exist?
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Sensitivity
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Which scale corresponds to answers on a Likert scale?
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Interval
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A chi-square analysis has a nominal independent and an interval/ratio dependent variable.
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False
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The top five songs on the country music countdown are an example of which scale of measurement?
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Ordinal
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What is the term for the way we measure a construct?
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Operational definition
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The goal is to have minimal overlap between your construct and the actual measure you use.
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False
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A criteria is an idea or theory whose properties are inferred from some kind of measurement and is not directly observable.
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True
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Which is the statistic used to measure internal reliability?
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Cronbach’s alpha
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Which of the following is the term for consistency of scores over time?
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Reliability
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Google Docs® Forms is a feature of _____ that enables you to collect survey data; responses are automatically saved to a Google docs spreadsheet
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Google
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Feature of some online survey software programs that allows you to distribute conditions and/or questions randomly across participants is called
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Randomizer Function
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Obtaining ideas or services from a large group of people, typically via the _____is called crowdsourcing
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Internet
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______ based on themes that emerge from qualitative data such as written narratives or newspaper articles; then used for quantitative analyses is called content analysis
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Coding scheme
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In a survey, the statement, question, or prompt to which the respondent replies is called stem
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True
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In a survey, the statement, question, or prompt to which the respondent replies is called stem
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True
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Research to assess implicit ______ is called project implicit
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Attitudes
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Using reaction time, this approach measures respondents’ associations between concepts and is considered a way to reduce the social desirability of responses is called
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Implicit Association Test
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_____ that can affect the relationship between the dependent variable and the independent variables being assessed is called covariate
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Variable
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Provides _____ for the ease of reading of a given passage; available through word processing programs is called Flesch–Kincaid Scale
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Statistics
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Linked to the work of Cronbach and Meehl (1955) concerning the kinds of lawful relationships you would discover to validate a construct is called Nomological Network
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True
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Degree to which a measure assesses what it is hypothesized to measure; usually documented through a series of studies reflecting a nomological network or series of lawful relationships (Cronbach & Meehl, 1955) is called
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Construct validity
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Restriction of Range is when the distribution of scores is not widely dispersed across the range of interest; affects the size of your correlation
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True
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One of two types of criterion oriented validity; when the test (the predictor) and the outcome (the criterion) are assessed at the same point in time
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Concurrent Validity
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Validity in which a measure is shown to forecast (predict) the outcome of interest (the criterion) is known as
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Predictive validity
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Situation in which measures hypothesized to be theoretically unrelated are, in fact, unrelated
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True
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Demonstration of agreement between measures hypothesized to be theoretically related; contrasted with divergent validity
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Convergent validity
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Demonstration of agreement between measures hypothesized to be theoretically related; contrasted with divergent validity
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Convergent validity
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Degree to which test scores predict the behavior of interest; _____ types is called Criterion-Related Validity
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Two
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Type of validity in which the measures subjectively appear to assess what you claim is called
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Face validity
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Validity of a measure that focuses on its representativeness from the domain of interest (e.g., a spelling test for fifth graders composed of words selected from books read by fifth graders) is known as
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Content validity
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One form of reliability of a measure in which the instrument is split into halves and the halves are correlated with each other; sometimes referred to as Spearman-Brown is known as Split-Half Reliability
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True
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Is a form of reliability in which equivalent forms of a test are shown to be reliable
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True
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Test–Retest Reliability is a form of reliability in which the instrument is given at two points in time and the scores are correlated
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True
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Items in a survey stated in a manner that is opposite that of the other items and whose anchors need to be _____ is called reverse scoring
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Reversed
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Part of the information in PsycTESTS® that may give you psychometric information about a scale is called detailed record
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True
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Database of instruments that indicates the sources in which a particular instrument is used is called Health and Psychosocial Instruments
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True
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American Psychological Association (APA) database of test records that typically provides the test items is called Psyctests®
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True
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Quantifiable aspects of your measure that indicate its statistical qualities is called psychometric properties
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True
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Ability of the scale to detect differences is called scale sensitivity
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True
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Specific points on a rating scale (each one is a separate anchor) is called anchors
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True
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Likert Scale is frequently used scale type where the anchors are typically ___ degrees of agreement-disagreement to statements
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Five
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Data on an interval scale; often contrasted with categorical data is called
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Continuous data
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Nonparametric statistics make no assumptions about the population fitting a particular normal distribution is called Nonparametric Statistics
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True
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Make assumptions about the population fitting a normal distribution is called Parametric Statistics
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True
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Nonparametric statistical procedure with nominal data to determine whether the distributions of _____ dimensions differ is called
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Chi-Square
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Approach in which the respondent selects his or her response to a research question from a set of provided options is called
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Closed-Ended Response
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Qualitative approach that allows the respondent to answer in any way he or she wishes to a research question is called
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Open-Ended Response
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Categorical data in which there is no _______ of values; also called nominal data
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Ordering
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Scale type with equal intervals and a true zero point is called
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Ratio Measurement Scale
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Type of measurement in which the values are ordered but they are not equally spaced is called
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Ordinal Measurement Scale
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Type of measurement scale in which the anchors are equally spaced throughout; common in social science research is called
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Interval Measurement Scale
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Measurement scale (sometimes called categorical) in which there is no order is called Nominal Measurement Scale
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True
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Construct is a theory whose properties are inferred from some kind of measurement and are not directly observable.
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True
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Statistical indicator of the internal consistency of a measure is called
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Cronbach’s Alpha
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In statistics, refers to the ability of a measure to produce reproducible outcomes is called
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Reliability
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Extent to which a measure assesses what it is claimed to measure is called
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Validity
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