Exam 5: Measuring and Manipulating Variables: Reliability and Validity

If a measure is _______, then it is also _______.

If a measure involves having observers rate behavior, which of the following is the most severe threat to that measure's reliability?

Shortening a test would be most likely to

Which measure is the most valid? Note that all reliabilities refer to test-retest reliabilities where subjects were retested 10 weeks later.

Due to the nature of psychological constructs, researchers do not need to be concerned with the effects of social desirability on the results of their studies.

Using the blind technique would probably reduce all of the following EXCEPT

If you establish that a measure of lust does not correlate highly with a measure of social desirability, you have taken a step toward establishing the measure's

Random error is a more serious threat to validity than bias.

Reliability has no effect on which of the following?

Participants in a study may be influenced by hints given about what is expected of them. These hints are called

Participant biases may be reduced by using ______ observation.

Measures can be reliable and still have a large amount of random error.

Which of the following is a weakness of self-report measures?

If we are concerned that our measure distinguishes friends from lovers, we are trying to establish:

A valid measure is also a reliable measure.

There is some evidence to suggest that the pattern of cues evident in a research procedure may convey the researcher's hypothesis to participants, who may react by trying to confirm the hypothesis in the way that they respond to the conditions. The pattern of cues referred to here is known as

A measure with internal consistency

Which of the following is NOT a construct?

Standardization would probably reduce

By definition, a valid measure is one that