Exam 13: Measuring Your Study Variables

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Suppose your outcome objective is to improve knowledge of how to find employment. Consider what your tool would look like. Which of the following would be the best set of categories to give to clients on the tool?

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Question 21

When you develop a scale that measures study variables, the options for response should be both mutually exclusive and exhaustive.

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Question 22

Finding a published scale for measuring your study variables is usually preferable to developing your own scale.

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Question 23

When you have a measurement tool that contains options like strongly agree, agree, undecided, disagree, and strongly disagree, you will typically find that the statements are different in the way they measure the study variable. This means that when you tally the score for this scale, you must ______ on the scale.

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Question 24

A test of ______ validity is the weakest means of reducing measurement error.

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Question 25

In evaluative research, what is meant by statistical significance and practical significance? Can you have statistical significance if you do not have practical significance? Can you have practical significance if you do not have statistical significance?

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Question 26

______ is/are mechanisms for preventing measurement error.

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Question 27

Because practical significance is a matter of opinion, the researcher does not need to explain the basis for asserting that it has been achieved.

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Question 28

What is meant by reliability and validity? Can a scale be reliable if it is not valid? Can it be valid if it is not reliable? Explain.

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Question 29

You need to know the level of measurement of your study variables in order to ______.

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Question 30

Suppose that you need to develop a scale that measures political opinions. Would you have items on this scale with response options like (1) true or (2) false, or would it have options like (1) strongly disagree, (2) disagree, (3) undecided, (4) agree, and (5) strongly agree? Explain why you chose this form for the measurement of opinions.

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Question 31

Measurement error is the distance between the results from a measurement tool and the truth about the concept being measured.

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Question 32

Tests of reliability and validity for measurement tools are designed to reduce ______ error.

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Question 33

Objective data are more likely than biased data to be ______.

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Question 34

For which type of client are you more likely to find an individualized scale more useful than a standardized scale?

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Suppose your outcome objective is to improve knowledge of how to find employment. Consider what your tool would look like. Which of the following would be the best set of categories to give to clients on the tool?

When you develop a scale that measures study variables, the options for response should be both mutually exclusive and exhaustive.

Finding a published scale for measuring your study variables is usually preferable to developing your own scale.

A test of ______ validity is the weakest means of reducing measurement error.

In evaluative research, what is meant by statistical significance and practical significance? Can you have statistical significance if you do not have practical significance? Can you have practical significance if you do not have statistical significance?

______ is/are mechanisms for preventing measurement error.

Because practical significance is a matter of opinion, the researcher does not need to explain the basis for asserting that it has been achieved.

What is meant by reliability and validity? Can a scale be reliable if it is not valid? Can it be valid if it is not reliable? Explain.

You need to know the level of measurement of your study variables in order to ______.

Measurement error is the distance between the results from a measurement tool and the truth about the concept being measured.

Tests of reliability and validity for measurement tools are designed to reduce ______ error.

Objective data are more likely than biased data to be ______.

For which type of client are you more likely to find an individualized scale more useful than a standardized scale?

Science, Research, and Social Work Practice

Purposes and Processes of Social Work Research

Ethics and Cultural Competence in Social Work Research

Evidence-Based Practice

Conducting Research That Employs Social Surveys

Conducting Research That Describes People: What Are the Traits That Describe the Good Manager

Conducting Research That Explains Things: What Explains Life Satisfaction

Conducting Research That Evaluates Services

Conducting Qualitative Research That Explores the Unknown

Conducting Program Evaluations

Developing Your Knowledge Base and Intervention

Drawing Your Study Sample

Selecting a Research Design for a Group Evaluation Study

Selecting a Research Design for a Single Client

Analyzing Data and Drawing Conclusions

Analyzing Qualitative Data

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