Exam 6: Qualitative and Quantitative Measurement

Use the letters marking parts of the diagram of the measurement process to identify the following part: Conceptualization of the dependent variable.

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)

Define the following terms -Likert scale

For quantitative researchers,validity means truthfulness.It refers to the bridge between a concept and the data.Qualitative researchers are also concerned with truthfulness,but do not discuss it in terms of "validity." What term do qualitative researchers use to discuss the truth-value of their research?

Define the following terms -index

Define the following terms -credibility

Which of the following lists contains all variables?

The Hawkes,Senn,and Thorn (2004)study that examined attitudes toward women with tattoos used which of the following scales?

During the conceptualization process,a quantitative researcher should

Ph.D candidate Zachary Zoomer said his measure of community had unidimensionality.This means

What is the problem with this measure of university student age? Please indicate your age: (i)17 to 18 years old (ii)19 to 20 years old (iii)21 to 22 years old

The University of the Great White North Health Clinic wants to measure the feelings of people toward people suffering from AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome).A questionnaire is created with an item that has six categories for the degree of contact.It goes from "Having people with AIDS in my city," to "Having someone who test positive for the AIDS virus as a roommate." People are to begin with the first category and mark all those that they feel personally comfortable with.The questionnaire uses

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

Use the letters marking parts of the diagram of the measurement process to identify the following part: Empirical hypothesis.

When comparing qualitative and a quantitative approaches to measurement,operationalization in the qualitative approach involves which of the following?

Define the following terms -discrete variables

Define the following terms -conceptual definition

Define the following terms -multiple indicators

Define the following terms -concurrent validity

Professor Tak Tanaka developed a new measure of fear of crime.His conceptual definition was this: "The degree of emotional,behavioural,or mental response to a real or imagined theft of property or attack on one's person or family members." He then developed one question for a survey to measure his concept: "Do you lock your car doors when you park to go shopping?" What is the major problem with his measure?