Lesson 4: pilot test the questionnaire

Question 1

Define item analysis

Answer 1

Refers to ways in which participants respond to individual questions in a questionnaire

Question 2

What is meant by pilot testing

Answer 2

Process involving the administering of a study to a small sample to determine its functionality

Question 3

What is a sample

Answer 3

It is a limited number of people selected from a larger population

Question 4

Define variance

Answer 4

An indication of the extent to which differences occur

Question 5

Explain item discrimination

Answer 5

Refers to the extent in which answers to a question differentiate between 2 or more groups

Question 6

Define correlation

Answer 6

Indicates the strength of a relationship amongst 2 or more items

Question 7

Define a construct

Answer 7

Is an unobservable quality that forms part of a theory designed to explain observational behavior

Question 8

What is a positive relationship

Answer 8

It implies that relatively high scores on one construct are associated with relatively high scores on the other and relatively low scores on the first correspond with relatively low scores on the second.

Question 9

What is a negative relationship

Answer 9

It implies that high scores on one construct are associated with low scores on the other.