PR2... Flashcards

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can be defined as a tool such as a questionnaire or a survey that measures specific items to gather quantitative data.

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instrument

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Example of Instruments

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  1. Demographic Forms
  2. Performance Measures
  3. Attitudinal Measures
  4. Behavioral Observation Checklist
  5. Factual Information Documents
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are used to collect basic information such as age, gender, ethnicity, and annual income.

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Demographic Forms

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are used to assess or rate an individual’s ability such as achievement, intelligence, aptitude, or interests.

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Performance Measures

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are instruments used to measure an individual’s attitudes and opinions about a subject

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Attitudinal Measures

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used to record individuals’ behaviors and are mostly used when researchers want to measure an individual’s actual behavior.

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Behavioral Observation Checklist

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accessed to tell information about the participants’ documents, such as available public records.

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Factual Information Documents

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How to Construct Research Instruments

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  1. State your research objectives.
  2. Ask questions about your objectives.
  3. Gather the required information.
  4. Formulate questions.
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Quality of an Instrument

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  • reliability
  • validity
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the stability and consistency of an instrument under different circumstances or points in time.

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reliability

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capacity to measure what it is supposed to measure.

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validity

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Types of Reliability

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  1. Internal Consistency
  2. Stability Over Time
  3. Alternate Forms
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  • split-half reliability
  • odd-even reliability
  • Cronbach’s Coefficient
    Alpha
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Internal Consistency

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may be obtained using computer softwares like statistical analysis softwares or spreadsheets.

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Cronbach’s Coefficient
Alpha

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15
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test-retest reliability

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Stability Over Time

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also called as parallel forms

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Alternate Forms

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Types of Validity

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  1. Face Validity
  2. Content Validity
  3. Criterion Validity
  4. Construct Validity
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extent to which an instrument appears to measure what it is supposed to measure

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Face Validity

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  • ability of the test items to include important characteristics of the concept intended to be measured
  • examines whether a specific instrument relates to other measures
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Content Validity

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  • tells whether a certain research instrument can give the same result as other similar instruments
  • concurrent and predictive validity
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Criterion Validity

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convergent and discriminant validity

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Construct Validity

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TRUE or FALSE: A valid test is always reliable but a reliable test is not always valid.

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TRUE