Quantitative Data 2 (6)

Question 1

Internal consistency reliability

Answer 1

Ensuring all parts of the test are reliable

Question 2

Cronbachs alpha

Answer 2

Statistical test that estimates to what extent each factor is measuring the same construct

Question 3

Split half reliability

Answer 3

Correlations test comparing one half of the test to the other

Question 4

Test retest reliability

Answer 4

Ensures that the measure remains valid over time

Question 5

Population validity

Answer 5

Can we generalise from this sample?

Question 6

Ecological validity

Answer 6

Can we generalise to other settings?

Question 7

Face validity

Answer 7

Does the test appear to measure what it’s designed to measure?

Question 8

Concurrent validity

Answer 8

How well does the test correlate with another measure of the same factor at the same time?

Question 9

Predictive validity

Answer 9

How well does the test predict future behaviour?

Question 10

Construct validity

Answer 10

The items should underlie the constructs it the new theory.

Question 11

Bivariate relationships

Answer 11

Analysis of two variables to establish whether or not a relationship exists

Question 12

Scatter plot

Answer 12

Exploration of correlational data