- The degree to which the test appears to measure a concept to experts in a field is known as...
- Reliability is increased on an objective test or instrument by reducing the ________________________________ in the individual.
- Wit ratio data, all _____________ operations are meaningful.
- Assuming a characteristic of an individual remains stable over time, a ________________ measuring instrument should reflect the stable characteristic through repeated trials.
- The degree of correlation with another standardized instrument is known as...
- Researchers may make assumptions when undertaking research that usually go _______________.
- Randomly sampling from a convenience population (readily available to a researcher) is valid as long as researchers do not...
- Assumptions can be ___________________ (ex. "All diseases have a cause"), or ____________________ (ex. "People with alcohol dependency should be treated as persons with medical problems rather than as criminals.").
- To increase internal validity, the solution to the honeymoon effect is to...
- When a test assumes a theoretical rationale with a lot of empirical evidence, the test is considered to have...
- The degree of internal validity depends on the extent to which the investigator has _________________________.
- Once a variable is operationally defined, this should help a researcher select _________________________________.
- With nominal scale data, observations are arranged into various _______________ or ________________; they are often assigned to numbers, but these numbers do not reflect order or magnitude.
- The extent to which a researcher can confidently generalize results (external validity) depends on what two factors?
- ____________ generates ____________, and vice versa.
- When selecting a sample, the target population is narrowed by establishing ___________________________.
- A greater sample size increases ________________________, or the likelihood of finding a real difference or association via statistics if one exists.
- It is extremely important for tests to be both __________________ and ______________.
- _________________ scale data is the most discrete and simplest level of data.
- To increase internal validity, the solution to the differences in cognitive abilities of individuals is to...