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conceptualization
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The mental process whereby fuzzy and imprecise notions (concepts) are made more specific and precise. So you want to study prejudice. What do you mean by prejudice?
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construct validity
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The degree to which a measure relates to other variables as expected within a system of theoretical relationships.
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content validity
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The degree to which a measure covers the range of meanings included within a concept.
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criterion-related validity
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The degree to which a measure relates to some external criterion. For example, the validity of the College Board exams is shown in their ability to predict the college success of students.
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dimension
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A specifiable aspect of a concept. "Religiosity," for example, might be specified in terms of a belief dimension, a ritual dimension, a devotional dimension, a knowledge dimension, and so forth.
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face validity
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That quality of an indicator that makes it seem a reasonable measure of some variable. That the frequency of church attendance is some indication of a person's religiosity.
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indicator
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An observation that we choose to consider as a reflection of a variable we wish to study. Thus, for example, attending religious services might be considered an indicator of religiosity.
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interval measure
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A level of measurement describing a variable whose attributes are rank-ordered and have equal distances between adjacent attributes.
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nominal measure
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A variable whose attributes have only the characteristics of exhaustiveness and mutual exclusiveness.
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ordinal measure
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A level of measurement describing a variable with attributes we can rank-order along some dimension.
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ratio measure
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A level of measurement describing a variable with attributes that have all the qualities of nominal, ordinal, and interval measures and in addition are based on a "true zero" point.
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reliability
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That quality of measurement method that suggests that the same data would have been collected each time in repeated observations of the same phenomenon.
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validity
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A term describing a measure that accurately reflects the concept it is intended to measure. For example, your IQ would seem a more valid measure of your intelligence than would the number of hours you spend in the library.
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