25 multiple choice questions

1) It is extremely important to establish the appropriate level of measurement for variables being measured in a study, because level of measurement impacts…?

2) The principle of “parsimony” in research may be reflected in measurement efforts by…?

3) The more intrusive the measurement, of a physical or psychological construct in human participants is, the greater the __________ concerns.

4) The calculation of Chronbach’s “Coefficient Alpha” would observe lower results when the content of the instrument is more…?

5) Methods of measurement where participants becoming aware of those measurements, actually alter their responses or behaviors are known as…?

6) A __________ establishes a quantitative means to measure a defined construct by using assigned values as a basis to quantify observations and participant responses.

7) To approximate a normal distribution of scores and support parametric forms of quantitative analysis, variables must be measurable at the __________ level or above.

8) The circumstance of a particular construct being measured by two different sets of items held to be equivalent in representing the construct, is known as…?

9) A form of validity that may be measured by being uncorrelated with measures focused on distinctly different constructs, is known as…?

10) Interval scales of measurement have equal distances between points, but lack…?

11) A “Nominal Scale” can only be used to…?

12) Surveys, interviews and questionnaires all focus on…?

13) The extent to which measures of a construct in your instrument are related to other measures of the same construct, is known as…?

14) A means of determining the agreement among judges or raters when a given set of these are assessing or evaluating a particular defined and observed phenomenon (e.g., performance of participants on a given behavioral task).

15) The level of measurement that has equal distance between scale points, an absolute zero and can be subject to all arithmetic operations is…?

16) The four basic “levels of measurement” are…?

17) In general terms, the consistency or dependability of a measurement technique is known as…?

18) The extent to which a measurement strategy actually measures a definable theoretical construct or trait is know as:

19) Uncontrolled variance that distorts scores and observations so that these no longer accurately represent the construct in question or being studied is known as…?

20) A major characteristic of quantitative measurement instruments that greatly influences how we evaluate internal consistency of the instrument is…?

21) When a measure is compared to an outside criterion that will be measured in the future, it is know as…?

22) The relevance of a measurement instrument or strategy to the construct one is attempting to measure is known as…?

23) Establishing clear __________ is critical to developing clear and accurate measurement strategies.

24) The more reliable a measurement instrument, the more accurately it should estimate a participant’s __________ in relationship to the construct being measured (e.g., intelligence).

25) The extent to which a particular instrument and the constituent items making up the instrument appear to measure the construct(s) being measured, is known as…?