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Which of the following techniques was at one point in time used as a method of measuring/estimating intelligence? [Hint]
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Which of the following is an example of an observational measure? [Hint]
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Class standing in college (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior) would best represent the _________ scale of measurement. [Hint]
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The color of a University parking sticker indicates whether the driver of the car is a student, faculty/staff member, or visitor. Because color of sticker is essentially a label, this system of classification by color represents the _________ scale of measurement. [Hint]
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A developmental psychologist is interested in the influence of siblings on social development. The number of siblings a person has would be considered a _________ scale of measurement. [Hint]
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____________ refers to the consistency or dependability of a measurement technique. [Hint]
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A researcher designs a 15-item questionnaire that assesses the construct "modesty." The researcher analyzes patterns of responding in a large sample of participants and finds that item #8 on the questionnaire does not correlate with the sum of scores on all 15 items, and therefore is not a reliable measure of modesty. This research calculated ______ to make this determination. [Hint]
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Two research assistants are sent to a playground to counts the number of "acts of rough play." They make their observations independent of one another. The correlation between their counts is .85. This correlation is a measure of [Hint]
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In order to reduce the likelihood of measurement error and increase the reliability of a measurement technique, a researcher should [Hint]
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For a measurement device to have construct validity, that measure should correlate with other measures that are logically related to the construct being measured. In other words, the measure must show [Hint]
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You develop a new measure of the construct "academic achievement." It consists of 50 multiple-choice items, each item asking about current events in Honduras. A friend reads this test over and points out that it has very low ________________; it does not appear to have anything to do with academic achievement. [Hint]
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Law School admissions committees across the United States use the LSAT to identify those college graduates who will most likely excel in Law School. The LSAT is said to have high ______________, as those who do well on the test tend to do well in Law School. [Hint]
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A standardized test of math ability requires one to determine the surface area of an iceberg, given several simple measurements. For which group of people might we contend that the test is biased? [Hint]
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