Chapter 5 Flashcards

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Reliability

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Concerns its ability to produce similar results when repeated measurement are made under identical conditions

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Test-Retest Reliability

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Administering the same test twice, separated by a relatively long interval of time, to the same individuals

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Parallel-Forms Reliability

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Same as test-retest except that the form of the test used on first administration is replaced on second administration by a parallel form

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Split-Half Reliability

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The two parallel forms of the test are intermingled in a single test and administered together in one sitting

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Accuracy

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Describes a measure that produces results that agree with a known standard

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Validity

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The extent to which it measure what you intended it to measure

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Face Validity

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Describes how well a measurement instrument appears to measure what is was designed to measure

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Content Validity

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Has to do with how adequately the content of a test samples the knowledge, skills, or behaviors that the test is intended to measure

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Criterion-Related Validity

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Reflects how adequately a test score can be used to infer an individuals’s value on some criterion measure

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Concurrent Validity

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If the scores on your test and the criterion are collected at about the same time

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Predictive Validity

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Comparing the scores on your test with the value of a criterion measure observed at a later time

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Construct Validity

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Applies when a test is designed to measure a construct which is a variable, not directly observable, that has been developed to explain behavior on the basis of some theory

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Nominal Scale

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Variables whose values differ in quality and not quantity fall along the scale

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Ordinal Scale

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Variables are measure along

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Interval (Ratio) Scale

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When the spacing between values along the scale is known

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Range Effects

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Occur when the values of a variable have an upper or lower limit, which is encountered during the course of the observation

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Behavioral Measure

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A dependent measure you record the actual behavior of your subjects

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Physiological Measure

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A dependent measure that requires special equipment designed to monitor the participant’s bodily functions

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Self-Report measure

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Takes a variety of forms, commonly a rating scale

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Q-Sort Methodology

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A qualitative measurement technique that involves involves establishing evaluative categories and sorting items into those categories

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Implicit Association Test (IAT)

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In the IAT you are presented with a set of words or images that you classify into groups

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Demand Characteristics

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Cues inadvertently provided by the researcher or research context concerning the purposed of a study or the behavior expected from participants

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Role Attitude Cues

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Unintended cues in an experiment that suggest to the participants how they are expected to behave

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Experimenter Bias

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When the behavior of the experimenter influences the results of the experiment

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Expectancy Effects
Emerge when a researcher's preconceived ideas about how participants should behave are subtly communicated to subjects and, in turn, affect the participants' behavior
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Single-Blind Technique
The experimenter does not know which treatment a subject has been assigned to
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Double-Blind Technique
Neither the experimenter nor the participants know at the time of testing which treatments the participants are receiving
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Pilot Study
A small-scale version of a study used to establish procedures, materials, and parameters to be used in the full study
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Manipulation Check
Tests whether or not your independent variables had the intended effects on your participants