Deck 6: Indexes, Scales, and Typologies

Question 1

Indexes must be made up of:

A)nominal variables
B)ordinal variables
C)interval variables
D)ratio variables
E)any type or combination of variables

Answer 1

E

Question 2

Given the following patterns for a Guttman scale on life satisfaction,the coefficient of reproducibility is: VARIABLES
HEALTH HOBBIES CITY Number of Cases
A + + + 100
B + + - 75
C + - - 50
D - - - 25

A)1.00
B).95
C).90
D).85
E)cannot compute from the information given

Answer 2

A

Question 3

According to Babbie,the coefficient of reproducibility for a Guttman scale should be at least:

A)1.00
B).90
C).8
D).70
E)It doesn't matter

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following statements is(are)NOT be applicable to typologies?

A)They are typically nominal composite measures.
B)Often they provide the most appropriate device for understanding the data.
C)They may be used effectively as independent or dependent variables.
D)They are often used when researchers wish to summarize the intersection of two or more variables.
E)All of these choices apply to typologies.

Question 5

Using Likert-type scale items,Professor Wong developed an index to assess job morale.Wong administered the index to 2,000 workers and found that 1 to 4 responses were missing on each of the items.Wong could:

A)Exclude the cases that contained the missing data from the analysis
B)Assign the middle value to cases with missing data
C)Analyze the cases that had missing data to interpret their meaning
D)Assign values at random
E)All of these choices

Question 6

Which of the following do indexes and scales have in common?

A)They are interval measures.
B)Their attributes form an intensity structure.
C)They rank-order the units of analysis in terms of specific variables.
D)Their scores represent a pattern of response
E)They are nominal measures.

Question 7

A friend of yours is trying to develop an index to reproduce respondents' patterns of responses.You tell your friend to:

A)construct a Guttman scale
B)construct a Likert scale
C)construct a Thurstone scale
D)construct any one of the above
E)it cannot be done

Question 8

Professor Duncan administered a questionnaire containing the following items: Please tell me how you feel about your supervisor's leadership style on the following three items:
Valuable
----:----:----:----:----
Worthless
Easy
----:----:----:----:----
Demanding
Critical
----:----:----:----:----
Uncritical
Duncan was using a:

A)Semantic differential scale
B)Thurstone scale
C)Bogardus social distance scale
D)Guttman scale
E)Likert scale

Question 9

Professor Thames tried to use a Guttman scale on his data set that he had seen published in a major journal.Thames was upset because the items did not form a Guttman scale on his data.Confused,he asked for your help.You should tell him:

A)the article that appeared in the journal was probably in error
B)he should recheck his scaling techniques because he probably made an error
C)items may form a Guttman scale in one sample but not in another
D)it was probably not a very good scale
E)none of these choices

Question 10

Likert scales are designed to be in measurement.

A)nominal
B)interval
C)ordinal
D)ratio
E)both ordinal and ratio

Question 11

It's OK to have an extraterrestrial living in my state. These items illustrate a:

A)Guttman scale
B)Bogardus social distance scale
C)Thurstone scale
D)Likert scale
E)Semantic differential scale

Question 12

Robert notices that several respondents did not answer the question of whether they took out loans to fund their education.However,later in his survey,Robert finds that respondents told him about the source(s)and the amount(s)of their college loans.In handling the missing data on the question of whether or not they had a college loan,Robert's best approach is to:
randomly assign values to the missing data
delete the cases with missing data from the analysis
assign the middle value to the cases with the missing data
use the latter information about amount and source of loans as grounds for assigning values to the cases which had missing values
all of these choices are equally appropriate

Question 13

Among the reasons for the frequent use of composite measures is(are)that:

A)the researcher is seldom able to develop in advance single indicators of complex concepts
B)a single data item might not have enough categories to provide a range of variation
C)composite measures give a more comprehensive and accurate indication of a given variable
D)they are efficient data reduction devices
E)all of these choices

Question 14

Testing the validity of a composite measure by using another,proven indicator is known as?

A)external validation
B)internal validation
C)index scoring
D)Thurstone scaling
E)face validation

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT an important consideration to take into account when building an index?

A)face validity.
B)balance between general and specific
C)perfectly correlated components.
D)unidimentionality
E)variance

Question 16

EDUCATION HELPS A PERSON TO USE HIS LEISURE TIME TO BETTER ADVANTAGE. SA(1)A(2)U(3)D(4)SD(5)
These items presumably form a:

A)Likert scale
B)Thurstone scale
C)Guttman scale
D)Semantic differential scale
E)Bogardus social distance scale

Question 17

Professor Swanson developed an index of marital happiness.Several items in Swanson's questionnaire were not part of the index (i.e. ,"How many serious quarrels or arguments have you had with your spouse in the past year?")Swanson compared the index scores of marital happiness with these questions.Swanson was doing:

A)index validation
B)item analysis
C)external validation
D)index validation and item analysis
E)index validation and external validation