Chapter 5

Question 0

The degree to which a measurement device accurately measures the theoretical construct it is designed to measure

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Construct validity

Question 1

The construct validity of a measure is assessed by examining whether groups of people differ on the measure in expected ways

Answer 1

Concurrent validity

Question 2

An indicator of construct validity of a measure in which the content of the measure is compared to the universe of content that defines the construct

Answer 2

Content validity

Question 3

The construct validity of a measure is assessed by examining the extent to which scores on the measure are related to scores on other measures of the same contract or similar constructs

Answer 3

Convergent validity

Question 4

An indicator of internal consistency reliability assessed by examining the average correlation of each item (question) in a measure with every other question

Answer 4

Cronbach’s alpha

Question 5

The construct validity of the measure is assessed by examining the extent to which scores on the measure are not related to scores on conceptually unrelated measures

Answer 5

Discriminate validity

Question 6

The degree to which a measurement device appears to accurately measure a variable

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Face validity

Question 7

Reliability assessed with data collected at one point in time with multiple measures of a psychological construct. A measure is reliable when the multiple measures provide similar results.

Answer 7

Internal consistency reliability

Question 8

An indicator of reliability that examines the agreement of observations made by two or more raters

Answer 8

Interrater reliability

Question 9

A scale of measurement in which the intervals between numbers on the scale are all equal in size

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Interval scale

Question 10

The correlation between scores on individual items with the total score on all items of a measure

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Item total correlation

Question 11

The degree to which a measurement deviates from the true score value

Answer 11

Measurement error

Question 12

A scale of measurement with two or more categories that have no numerical properties

Answer 12

Nominal scale

Question 13

A scale of measurement in which the measurement categories form a rank order along a continuum

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Ordinal scale

Question 14

A type of correlation coefficient used with interval and ratio scale data. In addition to providing information on the strength of relationship between two variables, it indicates the direction of the relationship

Answer 14

Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient

Question 15

The construct validity of a measure is assessed by examining the ability of the measure to predict a future behavior

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Predictive validity

Question 16

A scale of measurement in which there is an absolute zero point

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Ratio scale

Question 17

A problem of measurement in which the measure changes the behavior being observed

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Reactivity

Question 18

The degree to which a measure is consistent

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Reliability

Question 19

A reliability coefficient determined by the correlation between scores on half of the items on a measure with scores on the other half of a measure

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Split – half reliability

Question 20

A reliability coefficient determined by the correlation between scores on a measure given at one time with scores on the same measure given at a later time

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Test-retest reliability

Question 21

And individuals actual score on a variable being measured, as opposed to the score the individual obtained on the measure itself

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True score