Psy395 Test 2 Other Information

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content domains

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In content validity, you check the operationalization against the relevant content domain for the construct

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relevance

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The part of the construct that is captured by the measure

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deficiency

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The part of the construct that is not captured by the measure

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contamination

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The part of the measure does not reflect the construct

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Name a type of contamination

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test wiseness

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Which type of validity involves correlation?

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criterion-related

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Measure a variety of traits each in a variety of ways

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multi-method/multi-trait matrices

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What does the validity diagonal represent?

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convergent validity

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criterion

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The standard by which the measure is being judged or evaluated

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range restriction effects

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When you don't vary an independent variable over a big enough range, and the effect size looks small

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measurement unreliability effects

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attenuates the obtained relations among variables

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sources of measurement unreliability effects

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response rate, differences in question wording, methods of data collection

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Attenuation

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Measurement error

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A way to determine relevance that says whether something can be implemented in practice

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operational validity

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Operational validity is the same as

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Face validity

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r2

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coefficient of determination

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coefficient of determination

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% of the variability in one variable explained by the other variable

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r

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Pearson product moment correlation coefficient

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implicit measures

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Based on associations and reaction times

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funnel principle

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general questions first, then more specific and detailed

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double-barreled

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combines to or more issues in a single question

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sociometric

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asks each member of a group to indicate which other members he/she would like to have as a partner in some interaction

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randomized response technique

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interviewer does not know what question an anser pertains to

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memory telescoping

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tendency to recall events as more recent than their actual dates

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filter questions

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intended to screen out respondents who do not have any knowledge or opinion on the issue

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floaters

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will answer "don't know" if provided, but if not provided will give a response

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p value

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item difficulty

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item difficulty

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% of individuals who get the item correct

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item discrimination

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the extent to which success on an item corresponds to success on the whole test

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point-biserial correlation

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correlation between responses to a particular item and scores on the total test

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what does point-biserial correlation measure?

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item discrimination

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multidimensional scale

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some items highly interrelated, but little relation between sets

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unidimensional scale

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all items are highly interrated

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nominal

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just name things, no numeric values

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ordinal

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some things have higher values than other, but there are indeterminate intervals between these items

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interval

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intervals between values are equal

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ratio

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true zero point

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acquiescent response style

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agree with everything

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a Thurstone scale is an example of a

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differential scale

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a bipolar scale is an example of a

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semantic differential scale

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a Guttman scale is an example of a

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cumulative scale

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a Likert scale is an example of a

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summated scale

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checklists are examples of

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summated scales

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positive manifold

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if you score well on one intelligence test, you score well on most

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flynn effect

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scores on intelligence tests are rising quickly over time

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gravitation hypothesis

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gravitate to jobs at level of intelligence

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the big 5 is based on

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the lexical hypothesis

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curvilinear relationships

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as you move higher along a factor's scale, a difference in this factor means less and less

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random assignment of individuals assures that...

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...confounding variables are equally distributed across conditions

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what does maximizing internal validity do?

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removes alternate explanations

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SD

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average deviation (distance of scores) from mean