Exam 7: Survey Design and Scale Construction: Part 1

A correlation can range from _____ to _____.

The best approach to examining associations and relationships between two variables is a(n):

Patients at a local hospital were mailed feedback forms to provide information about their recent hospital experience.Approximately 20% of the patients mailed back the completed forms.The _____ was 20%/

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of web-based surveys?

Test-retest reliability refers to:

Tambra needs to make sure that she has a representative sample for her master's thesis.She needs to ensure that her sample matches the national consensus data on gender and ethnicity for the local area.She needs 60% females and 45% White participants to appropriately represent these groups in her data.She is interested in what type of sampling procedure?

Zofia was completing a survey in her literature course and agreed with every statement no matter her actual opinion on the item's content.This is an example of:

A correlation coefficient is typically represented by:

Serina has decided to divide her research participants based on geographic area and then randomly sample from each respective geographic area.She is interested in what type of sampling procedure?

A correlation refers to:

Carmine is conducting a study examining intelligence and respect for others.She has read through the literature and these two variables do not theoretically overlap.She wants to make sure that the measures she is using to examine each variable do not correlate with each other.What type of validity is she concerned with?

The values for Cronbach's alpha range from:

Colleen was asked about her political attitudes on a survey in her sociology class.She did not want to seem politically overzealous so she indicated moderate levels throughout the rating scale.This is referred to as:

Lakeisha is unsure if her scores on the SAT will be an important determining factor in her academic success in college.She decides to research the subject.She is looking for evidence of:

_____ ratings scales have participants evaluate a series of statements using a set of predetermined response options and can also be referred to as a Likert scale.

Ebonie is interested in measuring levels of anxiety at the same time as a performance task.Ebonie is more concerned with increasing what type of validity in her study?

A quantitative strategy in which data are systematically collected from groups or individuals is referred to as:

Internal consistency reliability refers to:

It is extremely unlikely to get a _____ of 100%.

Annamarie is completing a test in her general psychology class and,based on the questions,she is pretty sure the test is measuring interest in risk taking.This would be an example of: