Week 2 day 2

Question 1

What is a measure?

Answer 1

A measure is used to, well, measure a theoretical construct.

Measures elicit data.

Operationalisation relates constructs to measures.

Measures are often not great, least of all perfect, in human inquiry.

e.g. a construct may be happiness. The measure may be a survey about how happy you feel and how often you feel happy.

Question 2

Measurement relates measures to observations.

True?

Answer 2

Yes.

Question 3

What is test retest reliability?

Question 4

What is inter-rater reliability?

Answer 4

If a measure elicits a different response with different raters or people administering the measure, then the measure has poor inter-rater reliability.

Question 5

What is internal consistency reliability?

Answer 5

if a measure elicits a different response with different raters or people administering the measure, then the measure has poor inter-rater reliability.