Question 1

Define the following:
-discrete variables

Accepted Answer

Variables in which the attributes can be measured only with a limited number of distinct,separate categories.

Question 2

Dr.Jim Jennings studies the relationship between age and levels of activity.Jim measures levels of activity by documenting the number of steps his subjects take each day.What has Jim done by creating this measure of activity levels?

Accepted Answer

A) Conceptualized an operation 
B) Standardized a variable 
C) Operationalized a concept 
D) Operationalized a definition 
E) None of the above 
A) Conceptualized an operation 
B) Standardized a variable 
C) Operationalized a concept 
D) Operationalized a definition 
E) None of the above C

Question 3

How does standardization make comparisons easier?

Accepted Answer

●Standardization involves selecting a base and dividing a raw measure by the base.It makes comparisons easier because it makes it possible to compare different units on a common base/denominator.The process of standardization removes the effect of relevant but different characteristics in order to make the important differences visible.
●A critical question in standardization is deciding which base to use.The choice is not always obvious; it depends on the theoretical definition of the construct.Different conceptualizations suggest different bases and different ways to standardize.When combining several items into an index,it is best to standardize items on a common base.

Question 4

What are the main distinctions between qualitative and quantitative approaches to measurement?

Accepted Answer

●The first distinction is timing.Quantit

Question 5

Define the following:
-measurement validity

Accepted Answer

How well an empirical indicato

Question 6

Professor Ethan Enright developed a measure of an ideal place to live.He added together measures of many factors: tax rate,quality of school system,cultural and recreational opportunities,pollution,traffic congestion,crime rate,and health-care availability for 50 Canadian cities to get a score for each.Dr.Enright created a(n)

Accepted Answer

A) index. 
B) scale. 
C) measure of central tendency. 
D) statistic. 
E) item analysis. 
A) index. 
B) scale. 
C) measure of central tendency. 
D) statistic. 
E) item analysis.

Question 7

Create three example items,using the Likert Scale,that have mutually exclusive and exhaustive categories and no problem with the response set.

Accepted Answer

●Example #1: self-reported health status

Question 8

Which type of measurement validity is the easiest to achieve?

Accepted Answer

A) Concurrent 
B) Face 
C) Content 
D) Criterion 
E) Predictive 
A) Concurrent 
B) Face 
C) Content 
D) Criterion 
E) Predictive

Question 9

Professor Helga Hightower developed a new measure of intelligence.She then tested two groups of people.One group scored low on existing IQ tests.The other scored very high.Those who scored low on old tests usually scored low on her new test; those who scored very high on old tests usually scored high on the new test.Her new measure has

Accepted Answer

A) concurrent validity. 
B) face validity. 
C) content validity. 
D) internal validity. 
E) statistical validity. 
A) concurrent validity. 
B) face validity. 
C) content validity. 
D) internal validity. 
E) statistical validity.

Question 10

Define the following:
-ratio-level measurement

Accepted Answer

The highest,most precise level

Question 11

Define the following:
-internal validity

Accepted Answer

The ability of experimenters to strength

Question 12

When a researcher seeks to validate a measure by comparing it with a "tried and true" pre-existing measure,this type of validity is called

Accepted Answer

A) face. 
B) predictive. 
C) criterion. 
D) concurrent. 
E) content. 
A) face. 
B) predictive. 
C) criterion. 
D) concurrent. 
E) content.

Question 13

Define the following:
-validity

Accepted Answer

A term that broadly means "true." It is

Question 14

Undergraduate student Millie Magnificent developed a way to measure sexist attitudes.It worked such that a person with a score of zero truly had a neutral attitude.Also,a person who had a score of 50 had exactly double the score of someone with a score of 25.She created a(n)

Accepted Answer

A) nominal variable. 
B) interval variable. 
C) ratio variable. 
D) ordinal variable. 
E) none of the above. 
A) nominal variable. 
B) interval variable. 
C) ratio variable. 
D) ordinal variable. 
E) none of the above.

Question 15

Define the following:
-concurrent validity

Accepted Answer

Measurement validity that reli

Question 16

Define the following:
-conceptual definition

Accepted Answer

A careful,systematic definitio

Question 17

Define the following:
-scale

Accepted Answer

A type of quantitative data measure ofte

Question 18

The two subtypes of criterion validity are __________ validity and __________ validity.

Accepted Answer

A) content; predictive 
B) face; content 
C) concurrent; predictive 
D) internal; external 
E) concurrent; measurement 
A) content; predictive 
B) face; content 
C) concurrent; predictive 
D) internal; external 
E) concurrent; measurement

Question 19

A social researcher takes an abstract idea and develops a clear conceptual definition for it.This is called

Accepted Answer

A) androtempration. 
B) conceptualization. 
C) operationalization. 
D) replication. 
E) triangulation. 
A) androtempration. 
B) conceptualization. 
C) operationalization. 
D) replication. 
E) triangulation.

Question 20

Name the levels of measurement and explain how they differ.Give examples.

Accepted Answer

●There are four levels of measurement: n

Define the following: -discrete variables

Dr.Jim Jennings studies the relationship between age and levels of activity.Jim measures levels of activity by documenting the number of steps his subjects take each day.What has Jim done by creating this measure of activity levels?

How does standardization make comparisons easier?

What are the main distinctions between qualitative and quantitative approaches to measurement?

Define the following: -measurement validity

Create three example items,using the Likert Scale,that have mutually exclusive and exhaustive categories and no problem with the response set.

Which type of measurement validity is the easiest to achieve?

Define the following: -ratio-level measurement

Define the following: -internal validity

When a researcher seeks to validate a measure by comparing it with a "tried and true" pre-existing measure,this type of validity is called

Define the following: -validity

Undergraduate student Millie Magnificent developed a way to measure sexist attitudes.It worked such that a person with a score of zero truly had a neutral attitude.Also,a person who had a score of 50 had exactly double the score of someone with a score of 25.She created a(n)

Define the following: -concurrent validity

Define the following: -conceptual definition

Define the following: -scale

The two subtypes of criterion validity are validity and validity.

A social researcher takes an abstract idea and develops a clear conceptual definition for it.This is called

Name the levels of measurement and explain how they differ.Give examples.

Doing Social Research

Theory and Social Research

Ethics in Social Research

Reviewing the Scholarly Literature and Planning a Study

Designing a Study

Qualitative and Quantitative Sampling

Survey Research

Experimental Research

Nonreactive Quantitative Research and Secondary Analysis

Analysis of Quantitative Data

Qualitative Interviewing

Field Research

Nonreactive Qualitative Research

Analysis of Qualitative Data

Combining Methods in Social Science Research

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Exam 6: Qualitative and Quantitative Measurement

Define the following: -discrete variables

Dr.Jim Jennings studies the relationship between age and levels of activity.Jim measures levels of activity by documenting the number of steps his subjects take each day.What has Jim done by creating this measure of activity levels?

How does standardization make comparisons easier?

What are the main distinctions between qualitative and quantitative approaches to measurement?

Define the following: -measurement validity

Create three example items,using the Likert Scale,that have mutually exclusive and exhaustive categories and no problem with the response set.

Which type of measurement validity is the easiest to achieve?

Define the following: -ratio-level measurement

Define the following: -internal validity

When a researcher seeks to validate a measure by comparing it with a "tried and true" pre-existing measure,this type of validity is called

Define the following: -validity

Undergraduate student Millie Magnificent developed a way to measure sexist attitudes.It worked such that a person with a score of zero truly had a neutral attitude.Also,a person who had a score of 50 had exactly double the score of someone with a score of 25.She created a(n)

Define the following: -concurrent validity

Define the following: -conceptual definition

Define the following: -scale

The two subtypes of criterion validity are __________ validity and __________ validity.

A social researcher takes an abstract idea and develops a clear conceptual definition for it.This is called

Name the levels of measurement and explain how they differ.Give examples.

Doing Social Research

Theory and Social Research

Ethics in Social Research

Reviewing the Scholarly Literature and Planning a Study

Designing a Study

Qualitative and Quantitative Sampling

Survey Research

Experimental Research

Nonreactive Quantitative Research and Secondary Analysis

Analysis of Quantitative Data

Qualitative Interviewing

Field Research

Nonreactive Qualitative Research

Analysis of Qualitative Data

Combining Methods in Social Science Research

Filters

The two subtypes of criterion validity are validity and validity.