Research Methods

Question 1

Bacharach 1989; Whetten 1989

Answer 1

Theory

Question 2

Cortina 1993

Answer 2

coefficient alpha = internal consistency

Question 3

Guion 2002

Answer 3

3 ways to assess reliability, also discusses CTT

Question 4

Messick 1995

Answer 4

unified validity: content, substantive, structural, generalizability, external, consequential

Question 5

Schmitt & Landy 1993

Answer 5

Testing the tests

Question 6

Chan 1998

Answer 6

Composition models: additive, direct consensus, referent shift consensus, dispersion, process

Question 7

Hunter & Schmidt 1990

Answer 7

Meta-analysis citation

Question 8

Reliability

Answer 8

degree to which a measure is free from random error and findings are repeatable Cortina 1993

Question 9

Internal vs external validity

Answer 9

causal inferences vs generalizing to other settings

Question 10

Theory

Answer 10

statement of relations among concepts within boundary assumptions and constraints Bacharach, 1989

Question 11

Common method variance

Answer 11

variance attributable to the measurement method rather than to the constructs the measures represents Posdakoff et al., 2003