Question 1

What does it indicate about a measure if interrater reliability is low?

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If a measure has low interrater reliabil...

Question 2

Which of the following is impossible?

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A)  A valid measure is unreliable.
B)  A reliable measure is valid.
C)  A reliable measure is not valid.
D)  An unreliable measure is not valid.

Question 3

Distinguish among test-retest, interitem, and interrater reliability. For what kind of measure is each type of reliability relevant?

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Test-retest reliability refers to the co...

Question 4

Researchers usually consider a measure to have adequate interitem reliability if Cronbach's alpha coefficient

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A)  is zero.
B)  exceeds .05.
C)  exceeds .50.
D)  exceeds .70.

Question 5

A measure that correlates with other measures as it should has

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A)  convergent validity.
B)  discriminant validity.
C)  interitem validity.
D)  concurrent validity.

Question 6

Which of the following does not belong with the others?

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A)  Interitem reliability
B)  Cronbach's alpha coefficient
C)  Item-total correlation
D)  Test-retest reliability

Question 7

Why do researchers use converging operations?

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Researchers use converging operations, a...

Question 8

If you wanted to reduce measurement error in a study, which would you be most likely to do?

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A)  Use items with low item-total correlations.
B)  Use face valid measures.
C)  Measure all participants under the same conditions.
D)  All of these would reduce measurement error.

Question 9

The relationship between measurement error and reliability is

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A)  inverse.
B)  direct.
C)  curvilinear.
D)  none; measurement error and reliability are not related.

Question 10

Why do researchers prefer, when possible, to use measures that are on a ratio scale of measurement?

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Researchers prefer to use measures that ...

Question 11

As a rule of thumb, a measure is considered sufficiently reliable if

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A)  it is valid.
B)  there is no measurement error.
C)  at least half of the total variance is true-score variance.
D)  its correlation is 1.00.

Question 12

In examining the criterion-related validity of employment tests, which type of validity-predictive or concurrent-is most important? Explain.

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In examining the criterion-related valid...

Question 13

Concurrent is to ______ as predictive is to

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A)  reliability; validity.
B)  behavior; construct.
C)  criterion-related; construct.
D)  now; later.

Question 14

When a particular measure is not equally valid for everyone, ______ occurs.

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A)  discriminant validity
B)  low reliability
C)  psychometric contamination
D)  test bias

Question 15

A measure that does not correlate with measures with which it should not be related has

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A)  convergent validity.
B)  discriminant validity.
C)  concurrent validity.
D)  no validity.

Question 16

The field that is devoted to the study of psychological measurement is called

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A)  statistics.
B)  evaluation.
C)  psychometrics.
D)  phrenology.

Question 17

Political preference (Democrat, Republican, Independent) is measured on a(n) ___________ scale.

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A)  ordinal
B)  nominal
C)  trichotic
D)  interval

Question 18

If scores on a test are consistent over time, the test has

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A)  interitem reliability.
B)  test-retest reliability.
C)  interrater reliability.
D)  item-total reliability.

Question 19

Why is interitem reliability not a concern when using formative measures?

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A)  The individual items do not measure the same construct.
B)  They are observational measures, so no items are being used.
C)  All formative measures are perfectly reliable.
D)  When using formative measures, total variance equals true score variance.

Question 20

A measure that measures what it appears to measure has good ________ validity.

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A)  criterion-related
B)  face
C)  construct
D)  convergent

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