Question 1

Factor analysis is a tool that helps researchers decide:

Accepted Answer

A) whether a psychological measure correlates well with a specific behavior 
B) how many items it takes to assess a specific construct 
C) whether self-report measures or behavioral measures represent a construct better 
D) which items in a multiple-item measure tend to measure the same thing 
A) whether a psychological measure correlates well with a specific behavior 
B) how many items it takes to assess a specific construct 
C) whether self-report measures or behavioral measures represent a construct better 
D) which items in a multiple-item measure tend to measure the same thing

Question 2

Providing participants with instructions and using practice questions:

Accepted Answer

A) are crucial components of pilot studies 
B) allow researchers to reduce the number of items in a multi-item survey 
C) are more crucial in research with children than in research with adults 
D) establish a judgmental context in survey research 
A) are crucial components of pilot studies 
B) allow researchers to reduce the number of items in a multi-item survey 
C) are more crucial in research with children than in research with adults 
D) establish a judgmental context in survey research

Question 3

Some psychological scales contain a series of ordered items arranged so that each item implies a stronger opinion than the item that preceded it.Researchers who use such scales do not average participants' responses to all of the items.Instead,they merely identify the strongest specific item each participant is willing to endorse.Which of the scales listed below has this property?

Accepted Answer

A) a Dimensional Rating Scale 
B) a Smithson Scale 
C) a Guttman Scale 
D) an Ordinal Hierarchy Scale 
A) a Dimensional Rating Scale 
B) a Smithson Scale 
C) a Guttman Scale 
D) an Ordinal Hierarchy Scale

Question 4

EGWA stands for:

Accepted Answer

A) easily grouped,well-adapted 
B) effective,global,well-adjusted 
C) empirically grounded,well-anchored 
D) easily grasped,well-articulated 
A) easily grouped,well-adapted 
B) effective,global,well-adjusted 
C) empirically grounded,well-anchored 
D) easily grasped,well-articulated

Question 5

Most researchers prefer structured self-report questions over open-ended questions.This is because open-ended questions often yield responses that:

Accepted Answer

A) fail to mention a construct in which the researcher is interested 
B) can only be converted to nominal scales 
C) can only be coded by licensed psychotherapists 
D) do not allow an assessment of their reliability 
A) fail to mention a construct in which the researcher is interested 
B) can only be converted to nominal scales 
C) can only be coded by licensed psychotherapists 
D) do not allow an assessment of their reliability

Question 6

According to work by Charles Osgood and his colleagues,when the average person says that fact G is "extremely interesting," this is likely to mean that fact G is subjectively abo___ times as interesting as something that is merely "interesting."

Accepted Answer

A) 1.55 
B) two 
C) three 
D) four 
A) 1.55 
B) two 
C) three 
D) four

Question 7

According to Chapter 4,open-ended questions are used frequently in:

Accepted Answer

A) archival research 
B) research with older populations 
C) focus groups 
D) research with children or adults who cannot read 
A) archival research 
B) research with older populations 
C) focus groups 
D) research with children or adults who cannot read

Question 8

Pilot testing most often refers to the use of:

Accepted Answer

A) a practice study 
B) a study specifically designed to address criticisms of a primary study 
C) the survey version of an experimental study 
D) a specific study format used in a great deal of aviation research 
A) a practice study 
B) a study specifically designed to address criticisms of a primary study 
C) the survey version of an experimental study 
D) a specific study format used in a great deal of aviation research

Question 9

Chapter 4 begins with a story about the butterfly ballots that were used in Palm Beach County,Florida in the 2000 Presidential election.The point of this story is that it is surprisingly difficult to:

Accepted Answer

A) translate psychological constructs into observable events 
B) get people to vote in ways that reflect their self-interest 
C) change old ways of measurement even when new ways are superior 
D) get politicians to accept empirical arguments about voting behavior 
E) lose an election in a state in which your brother is the governor 
A) translate psychological constructs into observable events 
B) get people to vote in ways that reflect their self-interest 
C) change old ways of measurement even when new ways are superior 
D) get politicians to accept empirical arguments about voting behavior 
E) lose an election in a state in which your brother is the governor

Factor analysis is a tool that helps researchers decide:

Providing participants with instructions and using practice questions:

EGWA stands for:

Most researchers prefer structured self-report questions over open-ended questions.This is because open-ended questions often yield responses that:

According to work by Charles Osgood and his colleagues,when the average person says that fact G is "extremely interesting," this is likely to mean that fact G is subjectively abo___ times as interesting as something that is merely "interesting."

According to Chapter 4,open-ended questions are used frequently in:

Pilot testing most often refers to the use of:

Chapter 4 begins with a story about the butterfly ballots that were used in Palm Beach County,Florida in the 2000 Presidential election.The point of this story is that it is surprisingly difficult to:

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Exam 4: Moving From Notions to Numbers: Psychological Measurement

Factor analysis is a tool that helps researchers decide:

Providing participants with instructions and using practice questions:

EGWA stands for:

Most researchers prefer structured self-report questions over open-ended questions.This is because open-ended questions often yield responses that:

According to work by Charles Osgood and his colleagues,when the average person says that fact G is "extremely interesting," this is likely to mean that fact G is subjectively abo___ times as interesting as something that is merely "interesting."

According to Chapter 4,open-ended questions are used frequently in:

Pilot testing most often refers to the use of:

Chapter 4 begins with a story about the butterfly ballots that were used in Palm Beach County,Florida in the 2000 Presidential election.The point of this story is that it is surprisingly difficult to:

How Do We Know

How Do We Find Out

Moving From Fact to Truth: Validity, Reliability, and Measurement

How Do We Misinterpret

Nonexperimental Research Designs

Experience Carefully Planned: Experimental Research Designs

Experience Carefully Exploited: Quasi-Experimental Research Designs

Choosing the Right Research Design

A Brief Course in Statistics

Telling the World About It

Putting It All Together: Maximizing Validity With Multi-Method and Highly Creative Research

Putting Your Knowledge to Work: 20 Methodology Problems

Filters