Question 1

Political affiliation depends on political orientation.Which variable is political orientation?

Accepted Answer

A) dependent variable 
B) independent variable 
C) mediation variable 
D) intervening variable 
A) dependent variable 
B) independent variable 
C) mediation variable 
D) intervening variable

Question 2

The observed score equals the true score minus error score.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The more violent television programing an individual watches,the more likely the individual develops aggressive behavior.What is watching violent television programming?

Accepted Answer

A) a dependent variable 
B) an independent variable 
C) a mediation variable 
D) an intervening variable 
A) a dependent variable 
B) an independent variable 
C) a mediation variable 
D) an intervening variable

Question 4

If you want to know if the items on a test assess one and only one dimension,what type of reliability do you use?

Accepted Answer

A) parallel forms reliability 
B) test-retest reliability 
C) interrater reliability 
D) internal consistency reliability 
A) parallel forms reliability 
B) test-retest reliability 
C) interrater reliability 
D) internal consistency reliability

Question 5

If data are not reliable or not valid,the results of any test or hypothesis ______.

Accepted Answer

A) must be true 
B) are inconclusive 
C) are valid in only certain situations 
D) must be interpreted 
A) must be true 
B) are inconclusive 
C) are valid in only certain situations 
D) must be interpreted

Question 6

Internal consistency reliability tests how each individual item score correlates with the total score.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which of the following explore(s)the question,"How do I know that the test,scale,instrument,and so on,I use works every time I use it?"

Accepted Answer

A) reliability 
B) validity 
C) both reliability and validity 
D) neither reliability nor validity 
A) reliability 
B) validity 
C) both reliability and validity 
D) neither reliability nor validity

Question 8

All but which of the following is a measure of validity?

Accepted Answer

A) content validity 
B) parallel forms validity 
C) criterion validity 
D) construct validity 
A) content validity 
B) parallel forms validity 
C) criterion validity 
D) construct validity

Question 9

If you want to know whether there is consistency in the rating of some outcome,what type of reliability do you use?

Accepted Answer

A) parallel forms reliability 
B) test-retest reliability 
C) interrater reliability 
D) internal consistency reliability 
A) parallel forms reliability 
B) test-retest reliability 
C) interrater reliability 
D) internal consistency reliability

Question 10

What would the interrater reliability be for a 50-item measure in which the number of agreements between Rater 1 and Rater 2 was 45?

Accepted Answer

A) 0.45 
B) 80% 
C) 0.90 
D) 95% 
A) 0.45 
B) 80% 
C) 0.90 
D) 95%

Question 11

Which coefficient reflects the occurrence of perfect reliability?

Accepted Answer

A) 1.00 
B) 0.5 
C) 0.100 
D) 2.00 
A) 1.00 
B) 0.5 
C) 0.100 
D) 2.00

Question 12

At what point in the research process should reliability and validity be considered?

Accepted Answer

A) before you start analyzing data 
B) after data have been analyzed 
C) when data are being collected 
D) when researching human subjects only 
A) before you start analyzing data 
B) after data have been analyzed 
C) when data are being collected 
D) when researching human subjects only

Question 13

If you want to know that a test measures some underlying psychological concept,what type of validity evidence would you want to collect?

Accepted Answer

A) content validity 
B) predictive validity 
C) construct validity 
D) concurrent validity 
A) content validity 
B) predictive validity 
C) construct validity 
D) concurrent validity

Question 14

Which of the following is concerned with monitoring estimates of future performance?

Accepted Answer

A) content validity 
B) construct validity 
C) concurrent validity 
D) predictive validity 
A) content validity 
B) construct validity 
C) concurrent validity 
D) predictive validity

Question 15

______ is based on the judgment of how well a test reflects an underlying idea.

Accepted Answer

A) Construct validity 
B) Criterion validity 
C) Internal consistency validity 
D) Content validity 
A) Construct validity 
B) Criterion validity 
C) Internal consistency validity 
D) Content validity

Question 16

When we calculate reliability,we know the observed score.What are the two unknown components of the reliability equation?

Accepted Answer

A) method and error scores 
B) means and standard deviations 
C) test-retest and interrater scores 
D) true and error scores 
A) method and error scores 
B) means and standard deviations 
C) test-retest and interrater scores 
D) true and error scores

Question 17

If I can say that my weekly statistics quiz fairly assesses the material covered,what source of validity evidence should I have collected?

Accepted Answer

A) criterion validity 
B) concurrent validity 
C) construct validity 
D) content validity 
A) criterion validity 
B) concurrent validity 
C) construct validity 
D) content validity

Question 18

What is the outcome variable in an analysis is called?

Accepted Answer

A) predictor variable 
B) treatment variable 
C) dependent variable 
D) independent variable 
A) predictor variable 
B) treatment variable 
C) dependent variable 
D) independent variable

Question 19

The actual or measured score is called the ______.

Accepted Answer

A) true score 
B) observed score 
C) error score 
D) real score 
A) true score 
B) observed score 
C) error score 
D) real score

Question 20

Which of the following is the Greek letter associated with Cronbach's alpha,sometimes known as coefficient alpha?

Accepted Answer

A) k 
B) α 
C) Σ 
D) s 
A) k 
B) α 
C) Σ 
D) s

Political affiliation depends on political orientation.Which variable is political orientation?

The observed score equals the true score minus error score.

The more violent television programing an individual watches,the more likely the individual develops aggressive behavior.What is watching violent television programming?

If you want to know if the items on a test assess one and only one dimension,what type of reliability do you use?

If data are not reliable or not valid,the results of any test or hypothesis ______.

Internal consistency reliability tests how each individual item score correlates with the total score.

Which of the following explore(s)the question,"How do I know that the test,scale,instrument,and so on,I use works every time I use it?"

All but which of the following is a measure of validity?

If you want to know whether there is consistency in the rating of some outcome,what type of reliability do you use?

What would the interrater reliability be for a 50-item measure in which the number of agreements between Rater 1 and Rater 2 was 45?

Which coefficient reflects the occurrence of perfect reliability?

At what point in the research process should reliability and validity be considered?

If you want to know that a test measures some underlying psychological concept,what type of validity evidence would you want to collect?

Which of the following is concerned with monitoring estimates of future performance?

______ is based on the judgment of how well a test reflects an underlying idea.

When we calculate reliability,we know the observed score.What are the two unknown components of the reliability equation?

If I can say that my weekly statistics quiz fairly assesses the material covered,what source of validity evidence should I have collected?

What is the outcome variable in an analysis is called?

The actual or measured score is called the ______.

Which of the following is the Greek letter associated with Cronbach's alpha,sometimes known as coefficient alpha?

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Exam 6: Understanding Reliability and Validity: Just the Truth

Political affiliation depends on political orientation.Which variable is political orientation?

The observed score equals the true score minus error score.

The more violent television programing an individual watches,the more likely the individual develops aggressive behavior.What is watching violent television programming?

If you want to know if the items on a test assess one and only one dimension,what type of reliability do you use?

If data are not reliable or not valid,the results of any test or hypothesis ______.

Internal consistency reliability tests how each individual item score correlates with the total score.

Which of the following explore(s)the question,"How do I know that the test,scale,instrument,and so on,I use works every time I use it?"

All but which of the following is a measure of validity?

If you want to know whether there is consistency in the rating of some outcome,what type of reliability do you use?

What would the interrater reliability be for a 50-item measure in which the number of agreements between Rater 1 and Rater 2 was 45?

Which coefficient reflects the occurrence of perfect reliability?

At what point in the research process should reliability and validity be considered?

If you want to know that a test measures some underlying psychological concept,what type of validity evidence would you want to collect?

Which of the following is concerned with monitoring estimates of future performance?

______ is based on the judgment of how well a test reflects an underlying idea.

When we calculate reliability,we know the observed score.What are the two unknown components of the reliability equation?

If I can say that my weekly statistics quiz fairly assesses the material covered,what source of validity evidence should I have collected?

What is the outcome variable in an analysis is called?

The actual or measured score is called the ______.

Which of the following is the Greek letter associated with Cronbach's alpha,sometimes known as coefficient alpha?

Statistics or Sadistics Its up to You

Means to an End: Computing and Understanding Averages

Understanding Variability: Vive La Différence

A Picture Really Is Worth a Thousand Words

Computing Correlation Coefficients: Ice Cream and Crime

Hypotheticals and You: Testing Your Questions

Probability and Why It Counts: Fun With a Bell-Shaped Curve

Significantly Significant: What It Means for You and Me

Only the Lonely: the One Sample Z-Test

Teafor Two: Tests Between the Means of Different Groups

Teafor Two Again: Tests Between the Means of Related Groups

Two Groups Too Many Try Analysis of Variance

Two Too Many Factors: Factorial Analysis of Variancea Brief Introduction

Testing Relationships Using the Correlation Coefficients: Cousins or Just Good Friends

Using Linear Regression: Predicting Wholl Win the Super Bowl

Chi-Square and Some Other Nonparametric Tests: What to Do When Youre Not Normal

Some Other Importantstatistical Procedures You Should Know About

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