Question 1

What is the lowest level of measurement in which there is an exact difference between attribute values?

Accepted Answer

A) nominal 
B) interval 
C) ratio 
D) ordinal 
E) categorical.

Question 2

Distances between attributes in ordinal data is meaningful and quantifiable.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Professor Miller argues that there are three aspects to the quality of a relationship: 1)belonging/affirmation,2)interdependence,and 3)intimacy.These "aspects" of quality of a relationship are called

Accepted Answer

A) variables. 
B) dimensions. 
C) constructs. 
D) indicators. 
E) conceptions.

Question 4

Professor Tilton measured the variable "feelings toward drafting women" with the categories strongly agree,agree,indifferent,disagree,and strongly disagree.Professor Tilton was using the _____ level of measurement.

Accepted Answer

A) nominal 
B) interval 
C) ratio 
D) ordinal 
E) not enough information to decide

Question 5

Concepts have a single unambiguous meaning.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

A measure of recidivism risk for juveniles completing a diversionary program instead of a traditional residential sentence,which ranks their level of risk as low,medium,or high is using which level of measurement?

Accepted Answer

A) ratio 
B) nominal 
C) ordinal 
D) interval 
E) qualitative

Question 7

Larry has developed ten indicators for the concept alienation.He's not yet sure exactly which ones are best.One approach he takes is to see if all the indicators behave the same way when related to Larry's independent variable,gender.Larry is employing

Accepted Answer

A) dimensionalization. 
B) reliability. 
C) validity. 
D) interchangeability of indicators. 
E) conceptualizations

Question 8

Predictive validity is another name for:

Accepted Answer

A) test-retest validity 
B) criterion-related validity 
C) face validity 
D) construct validity. 
E) content validity

Question 9

When one defines a concept by specifying how it will be measured,what definition has he or she created?

Accepted Answer

A) literal definition 
B) real definition 
C) nominal definition 
D) operational definition 
E) specific definition

Question 10

Intelligence Quotient (IQ)is a variable that is measured at which level?

Accepted Answer

A)  nominal. 
B)  ordinal. 
C)  interval. 
D)  ratio. 
E)  not enough information to decide.

Question 11

The test-retest method for assessing reliability assumes that the phenomena under study does not change.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Face validity is essentially whether or not a measurement is related to the concept it is intended to measure.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Professor Tyler believes that her measure of authoritarianism is valid after finding that it varies,as predicted by theory,with child rearing practices and voting behavior.Tyler is relying on a _____ approach to validity.

Accepted Answer

A) face validity 
B) content validity 
C) predictive validity 
D) criterion-related validity 
E) construct validity

Question 14

Conceptions are mental images that summarize collections of seemingly related observations and experiences.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Maurice is developing a new measure of psychopathy that he hopes to use in his research.His measure includes a series of psychiatric diagnoses and a well-thought out questionnaire.However,when compared to results of other proven measures of psychopathy,his results are incorrect.What kind of validity is lacking?

Accepted Answer

A) split-half validity. 
B) construct validity. 
C) face validity. 
D) criterion-related validity. 
E) content validity.

Question 16

Which of the following would be an example of a ratio variable?

Accepted Answer

A)  religious affiliation. 
B)  political affiliation. 
C)  age. 
D)  number of arrests. 
E)  sex.

Question 17

Nominal definitions most closely parallel which type of validity measure?

Accepted Answer

A) face validity 
B) criterion-related validity 
C) construct validity 
D) split-half validity 
E) divergent validity

Question 18

Conceptualization is the development of research procedures that will result in empirical observations representing those concepts in the real world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Monty used his ten-item scale on love to see how separate sets of five indicators correlated with each other.Which type of reliability is reflected in this example?

Accepted Answer

A) test-retest 
B) split-half 
C) using established measures 
D) research worker 
E) alternate test reliability

Question 20

Which of the following sequences illustrates the progression of measurement steps?

Accepted Answer

A) conceptualization, nominal definition, operational definition, and measurement in the real world 
B) nominal definition, conceptualization, operational definition, and measurement in the real world 
C) operational definition, conceptualization, nominal definition, and measurement in the real world 
D) nominal definition, operationalization, conceptualization, and real-world measurement 
E) conceptualization, operationalization, nominal definition, and real-world measurement

Exam 5: Conceptualization, operationalization, and Measurement

What is the lowest level of measurement in which there is an exact difference between attribute values?

Distances between attributes in ordinal data is meaningful and quantifiable.

Professor Miller argues that there are three aspects to the quality of a relationship: 1) belonging/affirmation,2) interdependence,and 3) intimacy.These "aspects" of quality of a relationship are called

Professor Tilton measured the variable "feelings toward drafting women" with the categories strongly agree,agree,indifferent,disagree,and strongly disagree.Professor Tilton was using the _____ level of measurement.

Concepts have a single unambiguous meaning.

A measure of recidivism risk for juveniles completing a diversionary program instead of a traditional residential sentence,which ranks their level of risk as low,medium,or high is using which level of measurement?

Larry has developed ten indicators for the concept alienation.He's not yet sure exactly which ones are best.One approach he takes is to see if all the indicators behave the same way when related to Larry's independent variable,gender.Larry is employing

Predictive validity is another name for:

When one defines a concept by specifying how it will be measured,what definition has he or she created?

Intelligence Quotient (IQ) is a variable that is measured at which level?

The test-retest method for assessing reliability assumes that the phenomena under study does not change.

Face validity is essentially whether or not a measurement is related to the concept it is intended to measure.

Professor Tyler believes that her measure of authoritarianism is valid after finding that it varies,as predicted by theory,with child rearing practices and voting behavior.Tyler is relying on a _____ approach to validity.

Conceptions are mental images that summarize collections of seemingly related observations and experiences.

Which of the following would be an example of a ratio variable?

Nominal definitions most closely parallel which type of validity measure?

Conceptualization is the development of research procedures that will result in empirical observations representing those concepts in the real world.

Monty used his ten-item scale on love to see how separate sets of five indicators correlated with each other.Which type of reliability is reflected in this example?

Which of the following sequences illustrates the progression of measurement steps?