Exam 5: Reliability and Validity

The Graduate Record Exam (GRE) uses which approach to assess reliability?

A researcher has developed a new test of "interpersonal skills." It consists of measuring a person's shoe size. The test shows a test-retest reliability of .85. It appears that this test has __________ and ___________.

A test designed to measure baseball performance skills would be said to have high predictive validity if a person who scores low on the test also

The nomological net refers to

A researcher who used a self-report measure of job interest to predict performance on a managerial task would be interested in the _____ of her self-report measure.

In general, when a measure has good convergent and discriminant validity

A scientist is interested in developing a scale to measure people's mood states. Which of the following forms of validity is likely to be most appropriate?

A measure of schizophrenia that measures only elements of auditory hallucinations, but not other symptoms of schizophrenia, would be said to have

The students in Dr. Miller's class are complaining that, although the exam was supposed to cover chapters 1 through 5, the test only covered chapters 1 and 2. Why are the students upset?

. Hillyer and Joynes (2009) created a new measure of locomotion in rats. Which of the following approaches did they use to determine the reliability of the new measure.

Changes in a person's current mood, a misreading or misunderstanding of the question, and measuring individuals on different days or in different places are all likely to contribute to

Donna is in a two-part experiment. She completed a self-esteem measure one week ago and is now taking the same measure again. Which of the following problems may arise from this process?

A semantic differential scale that contains 15 percent random error would be considered

A measured variable that contains a large proportion of random error is said to be

If the average correlation among the items on an anxiety scale is r = .95, we can say that the scale has

Errors in recording the scores on a test that occur because the keypuncher is not paying attention are likely to produce

Individual difference variables that are expected to vary over a period of time are called ________, while variables that are not expected to vary over time are called _________.

Which of the following is an example of systematic error?

The nomological net refers to

A form of reliability that is used to assess the consistency of judgment when more than one person has observed a set of events is known as