Question 1 Jim wanted to be particularly careful to represent all levels of feelings about how ethical members the federal Cabinet are. So, instead of just asking how much respondents agreed with a statement that "Members of the Cabinet are ethical," he instead asked for responses ranging from "Members are completely unethical" to "Members are always very ethical." Jim was responding to which operationalization choice? a. reliability b. range of variation c. multiple dimensions d. level of measurement e. variations beyond the extremes
Question 2 Which method for establishing reliability does not depend on using the measure itself? a. face reliability b. split-half reliability c. test-retest reliability d. using established measures e. research worker reliability Question 3 Ignatius wanted to be sure he covered the full range of meanings in his measurement of happiness among college students. Given this, he was particularly concerned with a. face validity b. content validity c. criterion validity d. construct validity e. test-retest validity
Question 4 Lucinda established the validity of her religiosity measure by making sure it jibed with our common agreements and our individual mental images concerning her concept. She did this by checking with other people, particularly those familiar with religious issues. Which measure of validity did she use? a. face validity b. content validity c. construct validity d. split-half validity e. criterion-related validity
Question 5 Nominal definitions most closely parallel which type of validity measure? a. criterion-related validity b. construct validity c. split-half validity d. face validity e. content validity Question 6 Myrna measured the class level of students at her university, which offers three-year general degrees, four-year honours degrees, and graduate programmes, with these attributes: first-year, second-year, third-year, fourth-year. Which quality of measures does this measure lack? a. must be a real definition b. must be ratio level c. must be exhaustive d. must be mutually exclusive e. must have interchangeability of indicators
Question 7 Luke developed a measure of religious affiliation that included these attributes: Protestant, Baptist, Catholic, Jewish, Other, None. Which quality of measures does this measure lack? a. must be exhaustive b. must be ratio level c. must be a real definition d. must be mutually exclusive e. must have interchangeability of indicators Question 8 A sign of the presence or absence of the concept we are studying is called a. an indicator b. a dimension c. a nominal definition d. an operational definition e. creating conceptual order
