Question 1

Most social scientists do not accept a person's height in centimetres and millimetres as a measure of her or his intelligence because it lacks

Accepted Answer

A)  precision. 
B)  reliability. 
C)  accuracy. 
D)  validity. 
E)  all of the above. 
A)  precision. 
B)  reliability. 
C)  accuracy. 
D)  validity. 
E)  all of the above.

Question 2

Define the following terms
-face validity

Accepted Answer

A type of measurement validity

Question 3

Which one of the following is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ordinal measures have the properties of interval measures. 
B)  Interval measures have the properties of nominal measures. 
C)  Ratio measures have the properties of ordinal measures. 
D)  Ordinal measures have the properties of nominal measures. 
E)  All are true. 
A)  Ordinal measures have the properties of interval measures. 
B)  Interval measures have the properties of nominal measures. 
C)  Ratio measures have the properties of ordinal measures. 
D)  Ordinal measures have the properties of nominal measures. 
E)  All are true.

Question 4

How do reliability and validity differ? How do they complement each other? Can a measure be reliable but invalid? How?

Accepted Answer

-Reliability means dependability or cons

Most social scientists do not accept a person's height in centimetres and millimetres as a measure of her or his intelligence because it lacks

Define the following terms -face validity

Which one of the following is FALSE?

How do reliability and validity differ? How do they complement each other? Can a measure be reliable but invalid? How?

Doing Social Research

Theory and Social Research

Ethics in Social Research

Reviewing the Scholarly Literature and Planning a Study

Designing a Study

Qualitative and Quantitative Sampling

Survey Research

Experimental Research

Nonreactive Quantitative Research and Secondary Analysis

Analysis of Quantitative Data

Qualitative Interviewing

Field Research

Nonreactive Qualitative Research

Analysis of Qualitative Data

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Exam 6: Qualitative and Quantitative Measurement

Most social scientists do not accept a person's height in centimetres and millimetres as a measure of her or his intelligence because it lacks

Define the following terms -face validity

Which one of the following is FALSE?

How do reliability and validity differ? How do they complement each other? Can a measure be reliable but invalid? How?

Doing Social Research

Theory and Social Research

Ethics in Social Research

Reviewing the Scholarly Literature and Planning a Study

Designing a Study

Qualitative and Quantitative Sampling

Survey Research

Experimental Research

Nonreactive Quantitative Research and Secondary Analysis

Analysis of Quantitative Data

Qualitative Interviewing

Field Research

Nonreactive Qualitative Research

Analysis of Qualitative Data

Combining Methods in Social Science Research

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