Exam 3: Getting Specific: Whats the Plan

The link between the theoretical and the indicator or measure chosen to represent it is referred to as the______ relationship.

Compare and contrast at least four different types of validity.

______ questions are specific, limited in scope, related to some empirical reality, and should have specific evaluation criteria.

______ is when the operationalization and the independent criterion are obtained at the same time.

A(n) ______ definition is often linked to your theoretical stance and involves articulating what a concept means to the researcher.

The demonstration of validity is considered a prerequesite to reliability.

Standardized tests that administer the operational measure and observe the criterion at different times use what type of validity?

Which of the following is NOT a way to justify research and explain its potential contribution.

Lily proposes a research study in her Research Methods course. The instructor tells her that she needs to revise her study because it currently has mono-operation bias. What does this mean?

Hypotheses are private.

The ______ definition of anxiety is "feeling uneasy, apprehensive, and worried", and the______ definition of anxiety includes elevated heart rate and sweating palms.

Relibility is not synonymous with validity.

Which of the following is NOT a researchable question?

Identify the key differences between reliability and validity. Discuss why they are important in relation to research.

The notion of operationalization reflects science's dual commitment to ______ and ______.

A nominal definition is sometimes called the constitutive definition.

The local school district has encountered significant budget cuts. You have been hired to conduct research to identify strategies to improve the educational outcomes of students despite these cuts. Identify the nominal and operational definitions you would use for "educational outcomes" and explain why you chose those definitions.

A researcher wants to make sure that their measures of an attribute are reliable, they administer the measure to the same group of people on two successive occassions. What reliability strategy are they using?

To demonstrate validity you should pick a relevent criterion which emodies the construct and show ______, meaning that the operationalizeation is related to the criterion.

A(n) ______ definition is the way the researcher defines the variables of interest within the confines of the research study.