Exam 3: How Do Researchers Identify and Evaluate Social Concepts Measurement

Dr. Scott is interested in studying people's level of agreement with same sex marriage. He writes a series of statements related to same sex marriage and relationships followed by the categories: strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree. What type of indicator is Dr. Scott using?

Which of the following is not a task of measurement?

What are concepts typically referred by in quantitative research?

What is a Likert scale? Why are the useful in social research? Describe a few principles recommended for creating a Likert scale.

Which of the following is not a principle to remember when creating a Likert scale?

Which of the following is not a reason to pay careful attention to measurement?

The credibility of the study's findings rests on the appropriateness of its measurement strategies.

Why does Becker describe the measurement process as ideally being a dialogue? What does he mean by this? Provide an example based on a study mentioned in the chapter.

When the categories of a measure do not overlap so that each case fits into only one category, it is called

___________ is the measurement level in which the distance between categories is meaning and consistent, there is an absolute zero, and it is not possible to have negative values.

Generally, it is the case that one indicator is sufficient when conceptualizing and operationalizing variables

As a researcher operationalizes a concept, it moves from the specific to the abstract.

With a(n) _________________ level of measurement, the distance between categories is meaningful and consistent, zero categories are arbitrary and it is possible to have a negative value.

The more artificial and controlled the research setting is, the more likely the research will have external validity.