Exam 13: Measurement

"Money" is an example of a ratio scale.

Name and describe the components of construct validity.

The three major criteria for evaluating measurements are reliability,validity,and sensitivity.

____________________ means that the value assigned for a response is treated oppositely from the other items.

A ____________________ scale has an absolute zero point.

A measuring instrument is valid when the results can be repeated at subsequent measurements of the concept.

Measures that take on only one of a finite number of values are called ____________________ measures.

Which of the following is a component of construct validity?

A construct is a term used for concepts that are measured with single variables.

Which of the following is a defining characteristic in determining between ratio and interval scales?

____ is the process of describing some property of a phenomenon,usually by assigning numbers,in a reliable and valid way.

The ability of a scale to measure the variability of a concept is called that scale's ____________________.

An ordinal scale is the simplest type of measurement scale.

Which type of scale is,at the most,a ranking scale?

The most sophisticated form of data analysis for a nominal scale is the average of the scores.

When a group of experts agrees that a measuring instrument measures what it is intended to measure,we say that the instrument has ____ validity.

A measurement scale in which respondents are asked to rank items based on their preferences is called a nominal scale.

Concrete measures are those that take on only one of a finite number of values.

Which type of validity addresses the question,"Does my measure correlate with measures of similar concepts or known quantities?"

A(n)____ is a single characteristic or fundamental feature of an object,person,situation,or issue.