Exam 4: Conceptualization and Measurement

What is wrong with the following question's response categories: How often to you attend live music concerts: never, 1-2 times per week, 2-5 times per week, 5 or more times per week.

Age, gender, authoritarianism, depression, and safety are all examples of:

What are the advantages and disadvantages of using existing data sources for research? What is the GSS and why is it so useful for social research?

Use the following to answer questions 16-18: In each set, match a concept from Group A to a definition or example from Group B. -Measurement Validity Group A 1. Face validity 2. Content validity 3. Criterion validity 4. Concurrent validity 5. Predictive validity 6. Construct validity Group B a. A measure obviously pertains to the meaning of the concept being measured more than to other concepts b. A measure is validated by being closely related to a criterion conducted at the same time c. A measure is validated by relating to other measures specified by a theory d. A measure covers the full range of a concept's meaning e. A measure is validated by its ability to yield consistent scores f. A measure is validated by predicting scores on a criterion measured in the future g. The results of one measure match those obtained with a more direct or an already validated measure of the same phenomena

John wants to analyze how female characters are portrayed in various cartoon shows. What type of analysis would John most likely employ?

Whether the SAT can accurately predict college GPA is a question of its concurrent validity.

The General Social Survey only asked currently married people about their marital happiness. Thus, in any study of marital happiness using GSS data, what must be a constant?

To establish concurrent validity, a researcher must include which of the following in a survey that includes a new index of depression:

Concepts that do not vary are known as constants.

When researchers use multiple items to measure a single concept, they hope for high levels of consistent responses on these items. If they achieve this sort of internal consistence, they have achieved:

What is the difference between conceptualization and operationalization? After defining these terms, demonstrate this difference by conceptualizing and operationalizing one of the following concepts: happiness, prejudice, deviance, environmentalism, justice, poverty. Discuss potential measurement procedures for the concept.

Propose a study using direct observations and unobtrusive measures for measuring conspicuous consumption among college students. Identify several measures that you might use in this study. Discuss how using direct observation and unobtrusive measures has advantages and disadvantages relative to surveys for measuring conspicuous consumption.

Which of the following is considered a form of new social media?

Age in years is a good example of a nominal level of measurement.

What is wrong with the following question's response categories: What is your class status: freshman, sophomore, junior, senior.

Use the following to answer questions 16-18: In each set, match a concept from Group A to a definition or example from Group B. -Measurement Procedures Group A 1. Available Data 2. Constructing Questions 3. Direct Observations 4. Content Analysis 5. Triangulation Group B a. Systematically analyzing and making inferences from text b. Using more than one procedure to measure the same variable c. Using the General Social Survey to test hypotheses d. Writing a survey or conducting interviews e. Riding in police cars to determine police-citizen interactions f. Applying an experimental stimulus to one group and no stimulus to another

Open-ended questions are used most commonly by which type of researcher?