Exam 5: Conceptualization, Operationalization, and Measurement

Which of the following is a nominal variable?

The observation that acts as a bridge between what we can measure and what we cannot(constructs)is known as a(n)?

Which of the following sequences illustrates the progression of measurement steps in a fully structured scientific study?

Precision and accuracy are synonyms.

Precise measurement is more important than accurate measurement.

A nominal definition:

Conceptions are:

The variable educational level was measured as last year in school completed (i.e. ,none,1st,2nd,3rd,grades,etc. ).It is,therefore,measured at the level.

Measuring how people feel about proposed income tax hikes when you really want to know how well informed they are on the proposal is a problem of operationalization concerning:

Professor Smith gave an exam on Monday.On Wednesday Smith gave the same class the same exam.Professor Smith was clearly interested in assessing the exam's:

The specification of concepts in scientific inquiry depends on:

If a measure is reliable,it must also be valid.

Classifying someone as employed or not employed treats employment as:

Professor Myth asked respondents whether or not they had ever been divorced.One year later Professor Myth asked the same respondents the same question.Myth found that with repeated applications of the measure different responses were obtained for the same respondent.This means that the measuring instrument was:

Shipley developed a NEW test to measure IQ.Using his test,someone with an IQ of 180 would be considered twice as intelligent as someone with an IQ of 90 and someone with an IQ of 90 was three times as intelligent as someone with an IQ of 30.Shipley's test treats IQ as a(n):

Hudson et al.developed a series of questions to examine sexual attitudes (SAS).The SAS scores of religious fundamentalists,a group believed to be conservative regarding sexual expression,were compared with the scores of social work graduate students,a group believed to be liberal regarding sexual expression.The researchers were examining the instrument's:

Professor Tilton measured the variable "feelings toward drafting women" with the categories strongly agree,agree,indifferent,disagree,and strongly disagree.Professor Tilton was using the level of measurement.

Most social scientists would not accept the conceptualization of prejudice as foot size because such a measurement lacks:

It is impossible to have several indicators of only one concept.

A survey question asking voters which political party they are affiliated with (Democrat,Republican,Independent)would be considered: