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14 Cards in this Set
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Descriptive research question |
Asks about the presence of behavior, its frequency, and relationships between different behaviors |
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Predictive research question |
Asks if one behavior can predict another and predict future behaviors |
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Casual research question |
Asks about the cause of a specific behavior |
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Psychometrics |
Development and finalization of surveys and tests Development, validation, and refinement of surveys and tests to measure psychological constructs |
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Construct validity |
Indicates that a survey measures the behavior it is designed to measure |
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Face validity |
A study or scale to be intuctivety valid |
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Factor Analysis |
Set of statistical techniques to analyze surveys and questionnaires to group items together by concept Analysis of survey results |
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Criterion related validity |
Determining the validity of survey scores by examining the relationships between survey scores and behaviors studied |
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Social desirability bias |
Participants answering survey questions in a way that highlights positive behaviors over negative ones |
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Test retest reliability |
Indicates that the scores on a survey will be similar when participants take the survey again |
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Attrition / mortality |
Occurs when participants choose not to complete a study |
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Testing effects |
Occurs when participants tested more than once in a study with early testing affecting later testing |
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Internal consistancy |
A form of reliability that tests relationships between scores on different survey questions |
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Split half reliability |
Method of testing scores indicating if the scores are similar to other surveys |
